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Free speech vs. harmful misinformation


Free speech vs. harmful misinformation - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Online content moderation is a moral minefield, especially when freedom of expression clashes with preventing harm caused by misinformation.

Hate speech versus freedom of speech - the United Nations

Determining when the potential of harm is high enough to justify prohibiting speech is still the subject of much debate. But States can also use alternative ...

Balance between fighting misinformation and protecting speech on ...

... harmful and false information online, and protecting First Amendment rights ... Court battles over misinformation, free speech online-. The ...

Resolving content moderation dilemmas between free speech and ...

The majority preferred quashing harmful misinformation over protecting free speech. Respondents were more reluctant to suspend accounts than to ...

Free Speech vs. Disinformation Comes to a Head

The outcome of a case in federal court could help decide whether the First Amendment is a barrier to virtually any government efforts to ...

The fine line between fake news and freedom of speech

Social media companies such as Facebook have been very active in trying to combat misleading information. Between March and October 2020, Facebook removed more ...

The Moderation Paradox: Free Speech vs. Misinformation & Harmful ...

The balance between safeguarding freedom of speech and protecting individuals from harm has become an intricate challenge.

Actually, Tim Walz, the First Amendment Does Protect ... - Cato Institute

The First Amendment does guarantee free speech when it comes to both misinformation and hate speech.

False Speech and the First Amendment: Constitutional Limits on ...

The Supreme Court has said the Free. Speech Clause protects false speech when viewed as a broad category, but the government may restrict ...

Free Speech versus Public Health: The Role of Social Media (Part ...

Social media is the new public health battleground. ... A look across these three scenarios vividly illustrates the theoretical and doctrinal ...

There's no 'disinformation' exception to the First Amendment - The Hill

Misinformation and disinformation retain the basic characteristics of speech. Unless they fall into one of very few exceptions, they are protected from ...

Disinformation and freedom of expression - ohchr

They are promoted by a variety of malicious agents with the intention to cause harm – be it to influence electoral processes, to promote authoritarian and ...

Freedom of Speech and Regulation of Fake News - Oxford Academic

Most recently, the Court has affirmed that many criminal false statement laws that require proof of intent and are narrowed to avoid harm or ...

Why (most) lies are protected speech, and why they should stay that ...

Even with our current climate of fake news, misinformation, disinformation, and election lies, we shouldn't use government power to limit ...

Free speech vs. harmful misinformation: How people resolve ...

Online content moderation is a moral minefield, especially when freedom of expression clashes with preventing harm caused by misinformation.

We shouldn't turn disinformation into a constitutional right

... free speech posted by social-media platforms.” His opinion also ... Continuing to identify disinformation and ask tech companies to remove harmful ...

Frequently Asked Questions - Free Speech - Iowa State University

The First Amendment protects speech even when the ideas put forth are thought to be illogical, offensive, immoral or hateful. Public universities such as Iowa ...

How to respond to disinformation while protecting free speech

The lack of clarity and lack of agreement undermine our ability to precisely address specific problems, and undermine the legitimacy of ...

Dealing with propaganda, misinformation and fake news

Propaganda, misinformation and fake news have the potential to polarise public opinion, to promote violent extremism and hate speech and, ultimately, to ...

Efforts to quell online disinformation face free speech challenge at ...

Instead, they say, it only bars the government from coercing or significantly encouraging speech. Government officials can still express their ...