Online disinformation has become commonplace, seeded and spread by both foreign and domestic actors and amplified by social media. In order to stem the flow of malicious information, legislators around the globe are beginning to take action to regulate social media platforms, but the United States has perhaps the most influential role to play in regulation efforts. As Congress and regulatory bodies consider the way forward, how can the United States balance preserving democratic discourse, the electoral process, and free speech for years to come? This event, the second in the Wilson Center’s “Defeating Disinformation” series, featured keynote speech from Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), and considered nascent regulatory approaches to online disinformation from Brazil, France, and the United Kingdom and the democratic challenges they pose.
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