Who Decides What Counts as Disinformation in the EU? Peukert, Alexander Author aut Text xx# 2023 Verfassungsblog 2023-10-24 eng
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 Who decides what counts as “disinformation” in the EU? Not public authorities, because disinformation is not directly sanctioned in the Digital Service Act (DSA) or other secondary legislation. Nor Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSes), which avoid editorial decisions to maintain their legal status as intermediaries with limited liability. Instead, the delicate task of identifying disinformation is being undertaken by other private organisations whose place of administration and activity, purpose, funding and organizational structure appear problematic in terms of the legitimacy and even legality of the fight against disinformation. This blog post maps out the relevant (private) actors, namely the ad industry, fact checking organizations and so-called source-raters. CC BY-SA 4.0 Peukert, Alexander Disinformation DSA Governance Misinformation Private Ordering 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/who-decides-what-counts-as-disinformation-in-the-eu/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/c9cff90c698992fa 231024 10.59704/c9cff90c698992fa Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)