Principles and dilemmas of information ethics with regard to the problem of disinformation

STODOLA, Jiří. Principles and dilemmas of information ethics with regard to the problem of disinformation. In Informačné interakcie, 21-22 October 2019, Bratislava. 2019. ISBN 978-80-223-4803-4.

Basic information

• Original name: Principles and dilemmas of information ethics with regard to the problem of disinformation
• Authors: STODOLA, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Informačné interakcie, 21-22 October 2019, Bratislava, 2019.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: 50803 Information science
• Country of publisher: Slovakia
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/19:00111040
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-80-223-4803-4
• Keywords (in Czech): informační etika; principy; dilemata; informace; desinformace; svoboda slova; právo na informace; cenzura
• Keywords in English: information ethics; principles; dilemmas; information; disinformation; freedom of speech; right to information; censorship
• Tags: rivok

Abstract

At present, disinformation campaigns, which are mainly associated with so-called alternative internet media, are widely debated. It seems that a force solution to the disinformation problem consisting in forbidding or stigmatizing these media often conflicts with one of the pillars of Western democracy, – the right to freedom of speech –, as it potentially opens space for targeted censorship. Spreading of disinformation on the part of these media, on the other hand, restricts the right of users to information because they are offered as information something that, as a matter of fact, is not likely to be information. Is it possible to find such principles of information ethics, that effectively solve a possible collision between these rights without violating any of these rights, and can they be used to solve the problem associated with the problem of disinformation?

Links

• MUNI/A/1282/2018, interní kód MU: Name: Design Thinking Action Lab 2019: virtuální realita, sociální inovace a digital humanities

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A