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Walking the tightrope: Can laws tame disinformation, 'fake news' without crushing free speech?

By Dominique Nicole Flores | March 26, 2025 - 8:00am

Finding ways to regulate information online without infringing on free speech is like walking on a tightrope, an expert says....

Headlines

Bill targets troll farms, sets jail time for election disinformation

By Dominique Nicole Flores | December 10, 2024 - 7:30am

Two House lawmakers introduced a bill to hold disinformation peddlers, specifically troll farms, vloggers, influencers and...

Headlines

What to do if you or a friend has been 'cloned' on Facebook

By Franco Luna | June 7, 2020 - 2:34pm

"We express our utmost alarm since these accounts are suspected to cause harm or spread false information. It would be best...

Headlines

Lent a time to disconnect, give up trolling — Pope Francis

By Franco Luna | February 27, 2020 - 12:41pm

“We live in an environment polluted by too much verbal violence, by many offensive and harmful words, which the internet...

Headlines