{"product_id":"9781915445360","title":"Fake News - What's the harm? : Four ideas for fact-checkers, policymakers \u0026 platforms on countering the consequences of false information \u0026 defending free speech by Peter Cunliffe-Jones","description":"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. First, information disorder is about more than misinformation. Second, misinformation in offline settings can cause as big a problem as misinformation online. Third, misinformation that affects policymakers can be as bad as misinformation that affects the public. Fourth, he proposes a model for fact-checkers, researchers and platforms to distinguish false claims that do and do not have substantive potential to cause substantive consequences.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420156604789,"sku":"9781915445360","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781915445360.jpg?v=1764605996","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781915445360","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}