Whole-of-society approach needed against truth decay

Author

Eugene K. B. TAN, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

News Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

11-2018

Abstract

In an age of pervasive informationflows, governments do not defeat fake news. It's the people as a society whodo.The threatof deliberate falsehoods, or more popularly "fake news", posesserious threats to the democratic wellbeing of societies. The marketplace ofideas increasingly suffers from truth decay, propagated online or offline,imperilling an already vulnerable information ecosystem. In turn,this compromises the functioning of a democracy, which is premised on citizenshaving a shared reality rather than multiple distorted realities.

Keywords

Fake news, misleading information, legislation, democracy, citizens

Discipline

Communication Technology and New Media | Internet Law | Law and Society

Research Areas

Public Interest Law, Community and Social Justice

Publication

Business Times (Singapore)

First Page

26

Last Page

26

ISSN

1733-8179

Publisher

Singapore Press Holdings

Citation

TAN, Eugene K. B.. Whole-of-society approach needed against truth decay. (2018). Business Times (Singapore). 26-26.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2807

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