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Justifying Digital Repression Via Fighting Fake News

Southeast Asian autocracies of Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have politicized vague definitions of ""fake news"" to justify diverse tactics of digital repression.In these countries, what constitutes falseness in ""fake news"" has hardly been clearly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sombatpoonsiri, Janjira
Otros Autores: An, Dien Nguyen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022.
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Sumario:Southeast Asian autocracies of Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have politicized vague definitions of ""fake news"" to justify diverse tactics of digital repression.In these countries, what constitutes falseness in ""fake news"" has hardly been clearly articulated. The governments instead focus on the grave threats the dissemination of ""fake news"" could pose to national security, public disorder or national prestige.As the governments are vested with.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (46 p.)
ISBN:9789815011753
9815011758