I highly recommend this new report on Malaysia's (now repealed) fake news law. It extends two key conclusions from our book: (1) fake news has become a floating signifier used to delegitimise opponents, and (2) post-truth discourses have legitimised anti-democratic measures.
From the report: "our content analysis
revealed that BN used the label “fake news” primarily as a rhetorical tool, importing the meaning of the phrase from foreign figures and sources." (p. 6)
"In the case of “fake news,” BN’s securitizing moves relied heavily on images and rhetoric from abroad—much of which has been developed in English-language media from the US and Europe since 2016." (p. 8)
The report can be found here: datasociety.net/wp-content/upl…
The introduction chapter of our book is freely available here: johanfarkas.com/wp-content/upl…
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