DescriptionWhile rumours, false information and fabricated content have long existed, new technologies are challenging information integrity in new and alarming ways. It is now acknowledged that, in some instances, digital technologies pose a severe threat to democratic practices across the ideological spectrum. Social media platforms were once positively assessed in terms of expanding the participatory potential of social media, this has given way to an increased awareness of the risks that a generally unregulated sphere poses to democracies, human rights.Related topicNew Technologies and the Online DimensionLinkListen to the podcast
