Infox: what can the law do?
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Social networks have become the main propagator of the REUTERS / Regis Duvignau infox
By: François Bernard
21 mins
Social networks have become the main propagator of infox.
Easy to access, open to everyone, they allow false information to flow freely.
Yet in France, a law passed on March 13, 2018, establishes a number of rules intended to stem the dissemination of fake news.
Does this new legal regime have a significant effect?
How have the platforms that host social networks integrated it into their operations?
Publicity
In the program
Interview with Maître Merav Griguer, associate lawyer at Bird & Bird specializing in digital law and lecturer at Sciences Po
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the chronicle of
Sophie Malibeaux
No, Senegal is not one of the first seven African countries to launch a vaccination campaign, as stated by the spokesperson for the presidency.
Verification made by
Valdez Onanina of Africa Check.
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