De taak van sociale media bij het bestrijden van desinformatie

Author(s):
Hins, A.W. (0000-0002-0326-6475)
Published
2018
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

The question in this

article is to which extent platform providers such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter

should be entrusted with the task of preventing disinformation by third parties.

The European Commission has advocated a form of self-regulation in order to avoid interferences with the right to freedom of expression by public authorities. The author agrees that freedom of expression is essential, but he argues that fundamental rights can also be violated by private companies, such as platform providers. Legislative measures to protect a free market place of ideas will be inevitable.

Date issued
2018
Language
Dutch
Is part of
Mediaforum (2018), Vol. 30, no. 6, p. 171-175
hdl
1887/69413