Disinformation Report Suggests Major Legal Reforms [telecom]

byMark Sableman

We're suffering from "information disorder," according to a *report

* recently issued through the Aspen Institute. That's not news. But how to solve this problem is the big issue, and the commission's answer is that it will require substantial legal changes, as well as action by platforms, professionals, and academics.

Legal responses to our disinformation pandemic are controversial. Traditional free speech advocates balk at speech restrictions based on undesirable content, and partisans on both the right and left worry that new laws will inhibit the content they want.