Algeria Policies Affecting Disinformation

Legislation

In April 2020 President Abdelmadjid Tebboune approved a bill changing the country's penal code to criminalize the spreading of "false news" that is considered harmful to "public order and state security".^[1]^[2] Lawbreakers can be punished by up to three years in prison and fines of up to 300.000 Algerian Dinar.^[3] The law has been opposed by protestors as they view it as infringing upon their rights.^[4]

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National Policies Affecting Disinformation

[1] ttps://ipi.media/rush-to-pass-fake-news-laws-during-covid-19-intensifying-global-media-freedom-challenges/

[2] ttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/4/22/algeria-criminalises-fake-news-to-protect-state-security

[3] ttps://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/in-a-post-covid19-world-fake-news-laws-a-new-blow-to-freedom-of-expression-in-algeria-and-morocco-western-sahara/

[4] ttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/4/22/algeria-criminalises-fake-news-to-protect-state-security

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