Liberal Democracy, Law and the Citizen Speaker: Regulating Online  Speech - Cram, Ian (University of Leeds, UK) - Grāmatas - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 9781509945863 - 2024. gada 29. februāris
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Liberal Democracy, Law and the Citizen Speaker: Regulating Online Speech


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This book delivers an original, theoretically informed analysis of the legal regulation of online speech. Rejecting the narrow pluralism of elitist and deliberative accounts of the citizen's role in political discourse, the book defends a participatory account of speech in non-deliberative settings. The latter account of political pluralism best captures the republican democratic aspiration for popular, on-going authorship of the laws and the centrality of freedom to dissent in democratic theory.

The legal and policy implications for governments and social media platforms of this inclusive envisioning of public discourse are then elaborated upon. In the digital world, anyone with access to the internet can be a speaker. Speech on public platforms has become democratised.

At the same time, aspects of online speech are plainly problematic. Concerns exist about disinformation, 'fake news', 'deep fakes', 'weaponised speech' and 'trolls'. Offensive speech and the polarising effects of robustly expressed political opinion are also troublesome.

These assorted downsides of democratised speech are said to undermine the integrity of democratic processes and institutions. Public debate is distorted and coarsened and the electorate are misled. How ought the liberal democratic state respond to these challenges?The discussion is intended to be read by academics and researchers with interests in democratic theory, digital communications and freedom of expression.

It offers a stimulating and distinctive contribution to debates about online speech.


288 pages

Mediji Grāmatas     Paperback Book   (Grāmata ar mīksto vāku un līmēto muguru)
Izlaists 2024. gada 29. februāris
ISBN13 9781509945863
Izdevēji Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Lapas 232
Izmēri 234 × 154 × 17 mm   ·   350 g

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