Criminal Law Measures to Combat the Spread of Fake News
https://doi.org/10.21686/2411-118X-2021-2-81-86
Abstract
With the widespread introduction of the Internet and social networks, the spread of fake news is turning into an epidemic. Recently, users of social networks prefer to learn the news through the Internet, social networks and various instant messengers. Such news is often spread through the p2p model, from person to person in one messenger or another, by means of retweets and reposts from one social network to another, and their veracity is rarely of interest to readers and is taken on faith. The so-called fake news integrated into content, which has become a widespread media phenomenon, affects the minds of citizens, causing panic, sometimes forcing them to make rash decisions that are unusual in ordinary life. In this regard, the legislator (Articles 207.1 and 207.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) proposed and implemented measures to penalize acts related to the dissemination of fake news in the media space, which imply criminal liability for the dissemination of knowingly false publicly significant information.
About the Authors
А. V. Serebrennikova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department
Department of Criminal Law and Criminology
119991
GSP-1
1 Leninskie Gory, Building 13
Moscow
S. A. Denisov
Saint Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Law, Professor, Professor of the Department
Department of Criminal Law and Criminology
198206
1 Pilyutov Pilot Street
Saint Petersburg
M. V. Lebedev
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Analyst
119991
65 Leninsky Prospekt
Moscow
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For citations:
Serebrennikova А.V., Denisov S.A., Lebedev M.V. Criminal Law Measures to Combat the Spread of Fake News. ECONOMICS. LAW. SOCIETY. 2021;(4):81-86. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21686/2411-118X-2021-2-81-86
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