title: Digitalization and disinformation: Current governance practices of the European Union
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metadata.value: Kolotaev, Yury Yu.
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metadata.value: 2024-03-04T13:21:26Z
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metadata.value: 2023-12
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metadata.value: Kolotaev Yu. Yu. Digitalization and disinformation: Current governance practices of the European Union. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. International Relations, 2023, vol. 16, issue 4, pp. 402–421. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu06.2023.406 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu06.2023.406
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/45026
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metadata.value: The article focuses on the contemporary problems of the digital space. It considers the threat of
  disinformation as a systemic phenomenon and a characteristic of “information disorder” and
  the post-truth era. The study reflects on the main theoretical ideas about the relations between
  agents of informational influence, involving various stakeholders. It also assesses potential and
  existing measures to counter disinformation. The experience of the European Union reflects
  in this context a new, supranational approach to regulation of the digital sphere. This article
  aims to comprehensively reflect the evolution and the current state of the European Union’s
  activities in the field of countering disinformation and assess the strengths and weaknesses of
  its policy. The article considers such important changes in the activities of the European Union
  as the adoption of the new Digital Services Act, the application of media blocking practices,
  the revision of previous documents, as well as the transition from a self-regulatory practice
  to the practice of co-regulation. Strategies, action plans, and resolutions, as well as voluntary
  codes of practice, provide the basis for the analysis. They reflect the strategic vision, measures,
  and results of the work of various EU institutions. The study showed that currently the EU
  has reached a high level of interaction with digital platforms in the fight against disinformation,
  while the nature of those interactions has gradually changed. Despite the central role of
  platforms in the EU’s policy, it combines new practices of co-regulation with the development
  of a particular strategic narrative and cooperation with civil society. At the same time, the current
  policy reveals a number of negative trends, including the politicization of the problem in
  the context of geopolitical contradictions, the stigmatization of certain information influence
  sources, as well as a lack of attention to “non-political” disinformation. Additionally, there are
  problems in EU policy related to the inconsistency of particular acts, the lack of transparency
  of numerous measures, and the difficulty of monitoring and evaluating certain actions.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. International Relations;Volume 16; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: European Union
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: disinformation
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Digital Services Act
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: post-truth
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: digitalization
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Digitalization and disinformation: Current governance practices of the European Union
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metadata.value: Article
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