Legal and criminal prosecution of disinformation in Spain in the context of the European Union

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https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2022.may.22

Palabras clave:

Disinformation, Fake news, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Censorship, Cybersecurity, Online platforms, Traditional media, Legacy media, Soft law norms, Hard law norms

Resumen

Disinformation poses a very important and growing risk to our society, either alone or in association with other hybrid threats, which is being addressed at both the international and European Union (EU) as well as national level. Within the EU, a multidisciplinary and cooperative approach has been advocated between all the actors involved, in contrast to the strong regulatory perspective traditionally adopted in the history of European integration within the EU framework. For this reason, together with the inherent limitations imposed by the nature of the right to freedom of expression and information on any possible administrative censorship or criminal punishment, Spain has adopted only one recent regulation (Decree PCM/1030/2020) to establish the Spanish procedure to combat disinformation as required by European directive. Moreover, although fake news cannot be prosecuted directly in Spain outside the scope of crimes against the market and consumers, fake news can include very different types of criminal offence depending on the content and the intention with which it is disseminated. We illustrate these possibilities through some recent judicial decisions on this matter and declarations by the Office of the Attorney-General. It remains to be seen whether this soft approach to combating disinformation will be sufficient to combat this new plague on our contemporary society effectively. 

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2022-06-16

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Espaliú-Berdud, C. (2022). Legal and criminal prosecution of disinformation in Spain in the context of the European Union. Profesional De La información Information Professional, 31(3). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2022.may.22

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Artí­culos de investigación / Research articles