COUNTERFAKE

A scientific basis for a policy fighting fake news and hate speech

Written by students of the minor “applied e-Government” of the University of Public Administration and Finance Ludwigsburg, Germany

Facultas, 1. Ed., 194 p.
ISBN 978-3-7089-2274-4
ISBN 978-3-903035-31-7
DOI: 10.24989/ocg.v.342

Editors and academic supervisors:

• Sebastian Brüggemann, University of Public Administration and Finance Ludwigsburg, DE
• Nervin Kutlu, Vienna University of Business and Economics, AT
• Robert Müller-Török, University of Public Administration and Finance Ludwigsburg, DE
• Alexander Prosser, Vienna University of Business and Economics, AT
• Silvia Ručinská, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, SK
• Tamás Szádeczky, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU
• Catalin Vrabie, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, RO

Authors:

Lea Bader, Jochen Bender, Ines Beutel, Anna Funk, Christian Hönig, Konstantinos Katevas, Olga Kirschler, Sabrina Kokott, Christian Munz, Timo Steidle, Timo Vogt, Max Winter, Erik Wurzbach

Content

Foreword by Dr Andreas Kiefer, General Secretary of the Congress

Introduction and Management Summary

1. What is “fake news” and “hate speech” and how do they work in practice?

2. How do fake news and hate speech affect political discussion and target persons and how can they be detected?

3. Technical Foundations – how the Internet works and why technical remedies are of limited use

4. Legal foundation – do legal remedies work?

5. Open Government & Open Data as a feasible solution?

6. Empirical Analysis