Warning: Undefined variable $nextnotice in /customers/c/5/3/justitia-int.org/httpd.www/wp-content/plugins/wp-ultimate-csv-importer/wp-ultimate-csv-importer.php on line 103 The Washington Post: "Shutting down fake news could move us closer to a modern-day ‘1984’" - Justitia - Danmarks første uafhængige juridiske tænketank

The Washington Post: “Shutting down fake news could move us closer to a modern-day ‘1984’”

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“Above all, rather than strengthening established media institutions, banning fake news might very well undermine them in the eyes of the public. If alternative outlets are prosecuted or shut down, mainstream media risk being seen as unofficial propaganda tools of the powers that be. Behind the Iron Curtain, nonofficial media outlets had more credibility than official media in spite of the fact that not everything they published was accurate or fact-checked. The hashtag #fakenews could become a selling point with the public if it were banned rather than rigorously countered and refuted.”

Read the full piece by Jacob Mchangama and Flemming Roses in The Washington Post here.

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