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Mapping of Legal Framework and Responses by Actors to Address Harmful Content Online in Kenya
Build Up (2022), 47 pp.
"This report details the legal framework / rule of law tools in place, and responses by the government, social media companies, and civil society to address illegal harmful content and potentially harmful content online in Kenya. This research draws from 13 interviews with people active in Kenya's g
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Digital Enquirer Kit: Guidebook
Tactical Tech (2022), 26 pp.
"The Digital Enquirer Kit is an e-learning course focused on preventing the spread of misinformation. The course covers media literacy, verification, as well as how to navigate the internet and research safely. This e-learning course was written for civil society activists, human rights defenders, i
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Towards a Safer and More Free Internet: Expert Opinion on the Draft Digital Services Act
Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2022), 29 pp.
"With the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) package, the European Union will adopt what is probably the most significant international standard-setting project besides the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is expected that the DSA will have far-reaching impact
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A Framework for Assessing the Role of Public Service Media Organizations in Countering Disinformation
Digital Journalism, volume 10, issue 5 (2022), pp. 843-865
"Public service media (PSM) are widely acknowledged as part of the variety of solutions to disinformation. The remit of PSM, formed around values of universality, equality, diversity, accuracy and quality, implies a responsibility to fight disinformation by producing fact-based news content and find
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Protecting the truth: Peace operations and disinformation
Berlin: Center for International Peace Operations (2022), 18 pp.
"This study discusses how and to what extent peace operations are affected by digital disinformation and how international organisations (UN, EU, OSCE and NATO) as mandating bodies for peace operations have responded to limit the effect of disinformation or even prevent it. Based on this assessment
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User empowerment against disinformation online
Strasbourg: European Audiovisual Observatory (2022), 66 pp.
"This publication describes the many ways in which public authorities and private enterprises empower users against disinformation online. The first chapter sets the scene by discussing relevant concepts, such as mis-, dis- and malinformation, empowerment, and media literacy. It further discusses th
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Media Freedom in Southeast Asia: Repeal Restrictive Laws, Strengthen Quality Journalism
Bangkok: Asia Centre; Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2022), 41 pp.
"This report proposes solutions on how best to equip journalists and other key actors to fulfil their vital role in a changing landscape. While censorship is an alluring option in the face of disinformation over the internet, it is important to find avenues to facilitate the responsible and ethical
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At the Interstice of Digital Rights and Environmental Justice: Four Issue Briefs to Inform Funding
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2022), 56 pp.
"[This is] a series of short issue briefs for funders on potential priority areas for funding activities or initiatives that would bring the work of digital rights organisations and environmental justice actors closer together. Each brief states the key problem from the perspective of the APC networ
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Content Moderation and Local Stakeholders in Indonesia
London: Article 19 (2022), 77 pp.
"This research has shown that in the midst of the complex and diverse cultural context of Indonesia, growing use and misuse of social media in the country, and the complexity of ‘grey-area’ problematic content in the country, there has been a lack of meaningful and continuous dialogue between pl
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Research Note: Fighting Misinformation or Fighting for Information?
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, volume 3, issue 1 (2022), pp. 1-15
"A wealth of interventions have been devised to reduce belief in fake news or the tendency to share such news. By contrast, interventions aimed at increasing trust in reliable news sources have received less attention. In this article, we show that, given the very limited prevalence of misinformatio
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"The OECD convened a first-of-its kind international partnership on behavioural science and misinformation between the Canadian and the French governments to develop and disseminate behaviourally-informed and evidence-based solutions that can guide government response to misinformation. The study te
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A Human Rights Approach to Tackle Disinformation: Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Amnesty International (2022), 16 pp.
"Instead of criminalising or otherwise silencing people to address misinformation and disinformation, States should step up their efforts to ensure credible, reliable, objective, evidence-based and accessible information is disseminated to all." (Back cover)
Addressing Hate Speech: Educational Responses
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 14 pp.
"This paper will discuss the challenges and opportunities of addressing both online and offline hate speech through education and recommend comprehensive approaches for effective educational strategies. Incorporating context-based teaching and learning practices that promote responsible global citiz
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SocialMedia4Peace: Taking Stock of Progress Achieved
UNESCO (2022), 2 pp.
"The overall objective of this UNESCO project is to strengthen the resilience of societies to potentially harmful content spread online, in particular hate speech inciting violence while protecting freedom of expression and enhancing the promotion of peace through digital technologies, notably socia
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Countering Disinformation in Pakistan: Lessons and Recommendations for Digital Journalism
Freedom Network; Digital Media Alliance of Pakistan (DigiMAP) (2022), 48 pp.
"The study finds that journalistic and fact-checking disinformation responses in the country have struggled due to lack of conceptual understanding of disinformation among journalists, monetization trends that incentivize sensationalist news and reduce the impact of capacity building initiatives, la
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Psychological Inoculation Improves Resilience Against Misinformation on Social Media
Science Advances, volume 8, issue 34 (2022), 12 pp.
"Online misinformation continues to have adverse consequences for society. Inoculation theory has been put forward as a way to reduce susceptibility to misinformation by informing people about how they might be misinformed, but its scalability has been elusive both at a theoretical level and a pract
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#DefendPressFreedom: Paradigm Repair, Role Perceptions and Filipino Journalists’ Counterstrategies to Anti-Media Populism and Delegitimizing Threats
Journalism Studies, volume 23, issue 16 (2022), pp. 2078-2096
"Through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 18 Filipino reporters and editors from three influential media outlets that then President Rodrigo Duterte targeted as enemies – the broadcaster ABS-CBN, the newspaper Philippine Daily Inquirer, and the website Rappler – this paper offers novel i
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Elections in Digital Times: A Guide for Electoral Practitioners
Key Guides
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 146 pp.
"This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of international and regional standards and commitments related to the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, political participation, and privacy in the area of the internet, social media and Artificial Intelligence in elections. It al
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