Introduction

Rossi, Christian

;Borzoni, Gianluca

;Onnis, Barbara

2021-01-01

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Abstract

In the early 2017, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, together with representatives from Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (Osce), Organization of American States (Oas) and African Union (Au) dedicated their annual Joint Declaration to “Fake news, Disinfor-mation and Propaganda” and to the various damages they could produce. It was a new demonstration – even more relevant, as it emanated from the most important world forum on the subject – of the pervasiveness achieved by the fake news issue, both internally and internationally