9 Law and Regulation

DOI: 10.4324/9781003281924-9

One question that has arisen is whether … bloggers … may claim the same rights as mainstream journalists…. The answer is still unclear, in part because not many courts have dealt with the question.

– Anthony Fargo, @AnthonyFargo (2022, p. 280)

We need to update electoral laws so they can handle 21st-century issues including social media, dodgy data use and digital foreign interference. The future of our democracy depends on it.

– David Lammy, British Labour Party Member of Parliament @DavidLammy (2020)

Social media … are tools that have changed the way people communicate.

– Daxton R. “Chip” Stewart, @MediaLawProf (2017, p. ix)

Given the news industry’s significant and ongoing ...

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