nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180905-091512-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180905s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180905-091512-0 doi eng 342 23 Hochmann, Thomas Author aut Shedding Light or Shooting in the Dark – How to define Fake News? Hochmann, Thomas Verfassungsblog 2018-09-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier A proposed legislation against the “manipulation of information” is currently under consideration by the French parliament in order to tackle the problem of fake news. A sufficiently precise definition of fake news is a necessary preliminary condition to have a political or legal debate on the issue. The attempts of the French parliament have some significant shortcomings in this regard, but they can serve as a basis to elaborate a better definition. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Fake News legislation Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/shedding-light-or-shooting-in-the-dark-how-to-define-fake-news/ raw object