Fake News – What’s the harm?
four ideas for fact-checkers, policymakers & platforms on countering the consequences of false information & defending free speech
$95.51
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2025
Summary
Former news reporter and founder of Africa’s first fact-checking organisation Peter Cunliffe-Jones argues that since concern about ‘information disorder’ soared in 2016, we have laboured under flawed assumptions about the nature and effects of ‘fake news’ and misinformation.
Based on a four-year review of 250 case studies, Cunliffe-Jones sets out four ideas for fact-checkers, policymakers and platforms to curb harmful consequences and protect wider freedom of speech.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781915445360 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1915445361 |
| Author: | Peter Cunliffe-Jones |
| Publisher: | University of Westminster Press |
| Imprint: | University of Westminster Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Peter Cunliffe-Jones
Peter Cunliffe-Jones has been a Visiting Researcher at University of Westminster since 2019. While working as a reporter and editor for the AFP News Agency from 1990 to 2016, he founded Africa Check, Africa’s first fact-checking organisation, in 2012. He served on the advisory board of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) from 2015-2024 where he helped develop the IFCN Code of Principles, used by more than 170 organisations worldwide. He has advised platforms and fact-checkers and has published on regulation of misinformation and the teaching of media literacy.
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