Fake News – What’s the harm?: Four ideas for fact-checkers, policymakers & platforms on countering the consequences of false information & defending free speech

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.

• | Author: Peter Cunliffe-Jones
• | Publisher: University of Westminster Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 12, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781915445360
• | ISBN-10: 1915445361