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IIC 2018: Regulating ‘bad speech’ in fake-news era is censorship, warns U.S. expert


And have we reached the end of the era of broadcasting and telecom regulation?OTTAWA – Donald Trump has become the poster child for lobbing accusations of fake news against the mainstream media before and since moving into the White House – and will likely continue to wear that mantle as he and his fellow Republicans seek to maintain their majority in the U.S. Congress following next week’s midterm elections.Notwithstanding the U.S. president’s political posturing, the issue of fake news on social media sites was raised by lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic on Wednesday when Bob Zimmer, chair of...