Can Regulations Stop the Spread of Fake News on Social Media?
On The Record with Gavan Reilly Highlights
English - November 03, 2019 12:46 - 11 minutes - 711 BytesEducation radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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With Facebook's political ads controversy and Twitter's recent ban, the spread of fake news on the Internet is worrying a lot of people. But can regulations stop the spread of disinformation?
Hildegarde Naughton, Chair of the Oireachtas Committee in Communications and TD for Galway West / South Mayo joined Gavan to discuss regulations of disinformation on Social Media before the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and Fake News.