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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812169903321

Autore

Čhančhirā Sombatphūnsiri

Titolo

Justifying digital repression via "fighting fake news" : a study of four Southeast Asian autocracies / / Janjira Sombatpoonsiri and Dien Nguyen An Luong [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : ISEAS Publishing, , 2023

ISBN

981-5011-75-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (38 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Trends in Southeast Asia ; ; issue 11

Disciplina

320.530959

Soggetti

Fake news - Political aspects - Southeast Asia

Authoritarianism - Southeast Asia

Cambodia Politics and government 1993-

Burma Politics and government 21st century

Thailand Politics and government 21st century

Vietnam Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2022.

At foot of title: ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- Justifying Digital Repression via "Fighting Fake News": A Study of Four Southeast Asian Autocracies -- Justifying Digital Repression via "Fighting Fake News": A Study of Four Southeast Asian Autocracies

Sommario/riassunto

Southeast Asian autocracies of Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have politicized vague definitions of 'fake news' to justify diverse tactics of digital repression. In these countries, what constitutes falseness in 'fake news' has hardly been clearly articulated. The governments instead focus on the grave threats the dissemination of "fake news" could pose to national security, public disorder or national prestige