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Can Regulations Stop the Spread of Fake News on Social Media?

With Facebook's political ads controversy and Twitter's recent ban, the spread of fake news on th...

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12.46 3 Nov 2019


Can Regulations Stop the Spread of Fake News on Social Media?



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12.46 3 Nov 2019


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.


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