Italy Policies Affecting Disinformation

Legislation

In 2017, a law on cyberbullying was passed in order to provide a resource for minors and to allow data protection authorities to remove offensive content. In 2018, a bill on hate speech was drafted but has not yet been legislated.^[1]

Initiatives Against Disinformation

In 2018, the Italian Government created a portal for citizens to report disinformation. This portal works by having citizens report disinformation and having state police fact-check the information. It works in the following steps: people can report suspected inauthentic news reports on the online portal, they must provide their email address, a link to the report and any platforms where they viewed the content. State police will then fact-check the information and legal action can be taken^[2]^[3]^[4].

Italian lawmakers have made media literacy part of the high school curriculum.^[5]

Facebook is working with local Italian groups to fact-check disinformation found online.^[6]

See more:

National Policies Affecting Disinformation

[1] ttps://www.disinfo.eu/resources/member-state-actions

[2] ttps://www.commissariatodips.it/segnalazioni/segnala-online/index.html

[3] ttps://www.poynter.org/ifcn/anti-misinformation-actions/

[4] ttps://www.rcmediafreedom.eu/Tools/Legal-Resources/Tackling-fake-news-the-Italian-way

[5] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/world/europe/italy-fake-news.html?mtrref=www.google.co.uk

[6] ttps://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/europe-fake-news/551972/

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]