Fake News – What’s the harm? - Four ideas for fact-checkers, policymakers & platforms on countering the consequences of false information & defending free speech

Peter Cunliffe-Jones, founder of Africa's first fact-checking organisation, argues false assumptions since 2016 have both undermined efforts to counter the consequences of false information and curbed freedom of speech.

Info autore

Peter Cunliffe-Jones has been a Visiting Researcher at University of Westminster since 2019. While working as a reporter and editor for the AFP News Agency from 1990 to 2016, he founded Africa Check, Africa's first fact-checking organisation, in 2012. He served on the advisory board of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) from 2015-2024 where he helped develop the IFCN Code of Principles, used by more than 170 organisations worldwide. He has advised platforms and fact-checkers and has published on regulation of misinformation and the teaching of media literacy.

Riassunto

Former news reporter and founder of Africa’s first fact-checking organisation Peter Cunliffe-Jones argues that since concern about ‘information disorder’ soared in 2016, we have laboured under flawed assumptions about the nature and effects of ‘fake news’ and misinformation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Cunliffe-Jones
• Editore: University of Westminster Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.06.2025
• EAN: 9781915445360
• ISBN: 978-1-915445-36-0
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 229 mm x 151 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 416 g
• Illustrazioni: 1 black-and-white image
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Scienze della comunicazione