A new policy paradigm from the LSE Maryam Forum: 5. treat disinformation as a systemic risk to democracy

Disinformation has polarised democratic societies and threatens to make common, evidence-based debate impossible. Peter Pomerantsev (LSE and Johns Hopkins), Piroska Nagy-Mohácsi (LSE), Ben Grazda (LSE) and the LSE Maryam Forum Democracy and Disinformation Working Group suggest how to turn the tide. In the past, non-democracies were defined by censorship and control over media, while democracies guaranteed freedom ... Continue