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But did they really? Platforms' compliance with the code of practice on disinformation in review

Mündges, Stephan; Park, Kirsty - In: Internet Policy Review 13 (2024) 3, pp. 1-21

A key pillar in the EU's approach to regulating disinformation is the Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation …-regulatory to a co-regulatory model when regulating disinformation. The Code of Practice may soon become a code of conduct under the …

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Collectively exercising the right of access: individual effort, societal effect

Mahieu, René L. P.; Asghari, Hadi; van Eeten, Michel - In: Internet Policy Review 7 (2018) 3, pp. 1-23

The debate about how to govern personal data has intensified in recent years. The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which came into effect in May 2018, relies on transparency mechanisms codified through obligations for organisations and citizen rights. While some of these...

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Citizen or consumer? Contrasting Australia and Europe's data protection policies

Meese, James; Jagasia, Punit; Arvanitakis, James - In: Internet Policy Review 8 (2019) 2, pp. 1-16

This paper examines how data access and transfer rights are conceptualised in the European Union and Australia. The study discusses the planned introduction of a Consumer Data Right (CDR) to Australia and contrasts it to comparable developments in European law. We then assess the broader reform...

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Personal information management systems: A user-centric privacy utopia?

Janssen, Heleen; Cobbe, Jennifer; Singh, Jatinder - In: Internet Policy Review 9 (2020) 4, pp. 1-25

Personal information management systems (PIMS) aka personal data stores (PDSs) represent an emerging class of technology that seeks to empower individuals regarding their data. Presented as an alternative to current 'centralised' data processing approaches, whereby user data is (rather opaquely)...

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Government responses to online disinformation unpacked

Cipers, Samuel; Meyer, Trisha; Lefevere, Jonas - In: Internet Policy Review 12 (2023) 4, pp. 1-19

This article collects, categorises and analyses responses (n=239) to online disinformation from 103 countries, ten …-mutually exclusive categories according to intent, objective and type of disinformation targeted. We also set up a comparative research … disinformation differently, whether the amount of press freedom in a country has a significant correlation with the response types …

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Misinformation

Zeng, Jing; Brennen, Scott Babwah - In: Internet Policy Review 12 (2023) 4, pp. 1-20

This article delves into the diverse and complex nature of conceptualising misinformation as an object of research, highlighting the interdisciplinary scholarship in this field that results in varied and sometimes conflicting definitions. While a singular theory of misinformation is neither...

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Data citizenship: Rethinking data literacy in the age of disinformation, misinformation, and malinformation

Carmi, Elinor; Yates, Simeon J.; Lockley, Eleanor; … - In: Internet Policy Review 9 (2020) 2, pp. 1-22

In this paper we examine what "data literacy" - under various definitions - means at a time of persistent distribution of "dis-/mis-/mal-information" via digital media. The paper first explores the definition of literacies (written, media, information, digital and data literacies) considering...

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The perils of legally defining disinformation

Ó Fathaigh, Ronan; Helberger, Natali; Appelman, Naomi - In: Internet Policy Review 10 (2021) 4, pp. 1-25

EU policy considers disinformation to be harmful content, rather than illegal content. However, EU member states have … recently been making disinformation illegal. This article discusses the definitions that form the basis of EU disinformation … policy, and analyses national legislation in EU member states applicable to the definitions of disinformation, in light of …

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Disinformation optimised: gaming search engine algorithms to amplify junk news

Bradshaw, Samantha - In: Internet Policy Review 8 (2019) 4, pp. 1-24

optimisation (SEO) strategies are used to target audiences with disinformation or political propaganda. This paper looks at 29 junk … spread of disinformation online, Google's algorithmic changes had a significant impact on junk news discoverability. The … of disinformation online. …

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The promise of financial services regulatory theory to address disinformation in content recommender systems

Bennett, Owen - In: Internet Policy Review 10 (2021) 2, pp. 1-26

This article argues that the European regulatory approach to disinformation online is stymied by inappropriate … recommender systems in compounding the policy problem of disinformation online. It assesses the extent to which these alternative …

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