Any law penalizing social media platforms for fake news or misinformation would be unconstitutional according to this document. Recent senators have urged laws to penalize platforms like Facebook for inaction against fake news, but laws targeting platforms themselves would be doubtful as individual social media users who share misinformation should be held accountable instead of the sites.
Any law penalizing social media platforms for fake news or misinformation would be unconstitutional according to this document. Recent senators have urged laws to penalize platforms like Facebook for inaction against fake news, but laws targeting platforms themselves would be doubtful as individual social media users who share misinformation should be held accountable instead of the sites.
Any law penalizing social media platforms for fake news or misinformation would be unconstitutional according to this document. Recent senators have urged laws to penalize platforms like Facebook for inaction against fake news, but laws targeting platforms themselves would be doubtful as individual social media users who share misinformation should be held accountable instead of the sites.
Topic: Any Law Penalizing Social Media Platforms “ Fake News” and
Misinformation in unconstitutional.
Reason in choosing: Recently, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan is urging the
Senate to look into the proliferation of misinformation and fake news on Facebook and penalize the social media platform for its “inaction.” Senator Antonio Trillanes IV filed a similar resolution, urging the Senate committee on public information and mass media to come up with laws to protect the public from fabricated digital information and hold accountable those behind the fake news.
Reason why it is a doubtful question of law: It should be the individual social
media user be penalize or held accountable in sharing fake news and misinformation and not the social media sites.