Disinformation and Propaganda – Impact on the Functioning of the Rule of Law in the EU and its Member States

Bayer, Judit; Bitiukova, Natalija; Bárd, Petra; Szakács, Judit; Alemanno, Alberto; Uszkiewicz, Erik

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3409279

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“…(Alexander & Smith, 2010;Lanoszka, 2019). When we focus on the disinformation strategy on national level, it is possible to find research outcomes that confirm the notion that citizens simply cannot resist its devastating effects, especially in the societies where media freedom and plurality opinion are endangered (Bayer et al, 2019).…”

Section: Strategies Of Digital Illusionsmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…(Alexander & Smith, 2010;Lanoszka, 2019). Кaдa je рeч o пoсeзaњу зa стрaтeгиjoм дeзинфoрмисaњa нa нaциoнaлнoм плaну, истрaживaњa су мaхoм пoтврдилa сумњe дa друштвa прoстo нe мoгу oдoлeти њeним пoгубним утицajимa, a нaрoчитo у aмбиjeнту кaдa су мeдиjскe слoбoдe и плурaлитeт мишљeњa oгрaничeни (Bayer et al, 2019).…”

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Political marketing and strategies of digital illusions: Examples from Venezuela and Brazil

Pavlović¹,

Bojić²

2020

Sociološki pregled

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State represents a social phenomenon which is constantly changing - just like all political actors. The direction of that evolution is determined by the development and current state of the art in technological domain. That explains how the rise of social media and new ICTs has shaped the contemporary political communication. This paper sheds light on the manner in which digital tools are exploited in an unpredictable social ambience which is characterized by numerous political crises. Special attention has been given to the phenomenon of digital astroturfing and political disinformation trends in Venezuela and Brazil. We have found that the dynamic technological development combined with the use of political bots has been creating the potential for fake news, thus impacting election processes and endangering democracy. Therefore, these phenomena need further scientific examination.

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Section: Strategies Of Digital Illusionsmentioning

confidence: 90%

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Political marketing and strategies of digital illusions: Examples from Venezuela and Brazil

Pavlović¹,

Bojić²

2020

Sociološki pregled

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“…Social media organize and amplify the effect of content communication. Citizens may believe that the content they consume is user-generated, spontaneous, neutral and universal, while the truth is that such a content may have been provided strategically and micro-targeted [2]. In addition, social media privacy policies and terms of service allows for collecting citizens' big data (e.g., patterns, profiles) to sell them to a number of actors for massive profiling, advanced demographic analytics, micro-targeted advertising and the automation of content.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Today, social media platforms miss an adequate regulation and their roles and responsibilities are still not clearly defined. A number of issues are still open [2], like the application of adequate data protection rules (e.g., General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)) along with the market concentration in just a few social media companies worldwide. This work has been funded by the Xunta de Galicia (ED431C 2016-045, ED431G/01), the Agencia Estatal de Investigación of Spain (TEC2016-75067-C4-1-R) and ERDF funds of the EU (AEI/FEDER, UE).…”

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Fake News, Disinformation, and Deepfakes: Leveraging Distributed Ledger Technologies and Blockchain to Combat Digital Deception and Counterfeit Reality

Fraga‐Lamas¹,

Fernández‐Caramés²

2020

IT Prof.

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The rise of ubiquitous deepfakes, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda and post-truth, often referred to as fake news, raises concerns over the role of Internet and social media in modern democratic societies. Due to its rapid and widespread diffusion, digital deception has not only an individual or societal cost (e.g., to hamper the integrity of elections), but it can lead to significant economic losses (e.g., to affect stock market performance) or to risks to national security. Blockchain and other Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) guarantee the provenance, authenticity and traceability of data by providing a transparent, immutable and verifiable record of transactions while creating a peer-to-peer secure platform for storing and exchanging information. This overview aims to explore the potential of DLTs and blockchain to combat digital deception, reviewing initiatives that are currently under development and identifying their main current challenges. Moreover, some recommendations are enumerated to guide future researchers on issues that will have to be tackled to face fake news, disinformation and deepfakes, as an integral part of strengthening the resilience against cyber-threats on today's online media.

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“…101 The risk of manipulation is particularly problematic if targeted messages are coupled with disinformation. 102 Disinformation might be more difficult to be detected as untruthful if it is displayed only to a limited amount of voters, since these voters might not necessarily be faced with competing truthful information.…”

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EU fundamental rights and democracy implications of data-driven political campaigns

Brkan

2020

Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law

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This paper examines the impact of data-driven political campaigns on fundamental rights and democracy in the European Union. It demonstrates that such campaigns risk curtailing a number of rights and freedoms enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. They can affect voters’ right to respect for private life and protection of personal data (Articles 7 and 8 Charter) through the collection of massive amounts of personal data that serve as the base for profiling of voters. Moreover, they can restrain freedom of information of voters (Article 11 Charter) by providing them only partial information about campaigns of political parties. Furthermore, political manipulation stemming from targeted political advertising may affect the freedom of elections (Article 39(2) Charter), even though it might be a step too far to assert that the use of data-driven political campaigns undoubtedly leads to elections that are not ‘free’. Finally, the author cautions that it might be challenging to rely on the foundational legal category of democracy from Article 2 TEU, given that this provision needs to be given a concrete expression through another Treaty provision. Rather, in case of manipulative data-driven political campaigns, democracy as a value can be affected.

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Disinformation and Propaganda – Impact on the Functioning of the Rule of Law in the EU and its Member States

Cited by 55 publications

References 141 publications

Political marketing and strategies of digital illusions: Examples from Venezuela and Brazil

Political marketing and strategies of digital illusions: Examples from Venezuela and Brazil

Fake News, Disinformation, and Deepfakes: Leveraging Distributed Ledger Technologies and Blockchain to Combat Digital Deception and Counterfeit Reality

EU fundamental rights and democracy implications of data-driven political campaigns

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