Print Email Facebook Twitter Freedom of Political Communication, Propaganda and the Role of Epistemic Institutions in Cyberspace Title Freedom of Political Communication, Propaganda and the Role of Epistemic Institutions in Cyberspace Author Miller, S.R.M. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology; Charles Sturt University; University of Oxford) Date 2020 Abstract This article provides definitions of fake news, hate speech and propaganda, respectively. These phenomenon are corruptive of the epistemic norms, e.g. to tell the truth. It also elaborates on the right to freedom of communication and its relation both to censoring propaganda and to the role of epistemic institutions, such as a free and independent press and universities. Finally, it discusses the general problem of countering political propaganda in cyberspace and argues, firstly, that there is an important role for epistemic institutions in this regard and secondly, that social media platforms need to be redesigned since, as they stand and notwithstanding the benefits which they provide, they are a large part of the problem Subject Applied ethicsEpistemic institutionsEpistemic normsFake newsHate speechKnowledgeObjectivityPropagandaSocial media To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bd527c54-cb3e-4a74-bd66-d74a811fcda7 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29053-5_11 ISBN 978-3-030-29053-5 Source International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology Series International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology, 1875-0044, 21 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights © 2020 S.R.M. Miller Files PDF Miller2020_Chapter_Freedo ... icatio.pdf 417.15 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:bd527c54-cb3e-4a74-bd66-d74a811fcda7/datastream/OBJ/view