Justifying digital repression via "fighting fake news": a study of four Southeast Asian autocracies

Southeast Asian autocracies of Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have politicized vague definitions of 'fake news' to justify diverse tactics of digital repression. In these countries, what constitutes falseness in 'fake news' has hardly been clearly articulated. The govern...

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Hauptverfasser: Janjira Sombatpoonsiri 1982- (VerfasserIn), Luong, Dien 1985- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Singapore ISEAS Publishing 2023
Schriftenreihe:Trends in Southeast Asia issue 11
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Zusammenfassung:Southeast Asian autocracies of Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have politicized vague definitions of 'fake news' to justify diverse tactics of digital repression. In these countries, what constitutes falseness in 'fake news' has hardly been clearly articulated. The governments instead focus on the grave threats the dissemination of "fake news" could pose to national security, public disorder or national prestige
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2022. - At foot of title: ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute. - Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (38 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789815011753

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