Market failure, fake news and the First Amendment

(Duke University) The rise of social media and fake news challenge long-held assumptions about the First Amendment and are undermining the functioning of the 'the marketplace of ideas,' a Duke professor argues in a new article. Much of our thinking about the First Amendment assumes that the answer to false speech is more speech, or counter-speech, and that the truth will triumph in the marketplace of ideas, he says. That may be changing.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news