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Alana Schetzer is a freelance journalist and a sessional tutor at the University of Melbourne.

July 11, 2019

Governments making “fake news” a crime risk stifling real journalism — accidentally or intentionally

Lumping together disinformation campaigns with news the government says isn’t in the “public interest” is a recipe for abuse.

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Schetzer, Alana. "Governments making “fake news” a crime risk stifling real journalism — accidentally or intentionally." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Jul. 2019. Web. 18 Apr. 2024.

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Schetzer, A. (2019, Jul. 11). Governments making “fake news” a crime risk stifling real journalism — accidentally or intentionally. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/07/governments-making-fake-news-a-crime-risk-stifling-real-journalism-accidentally-or-intentionally/

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Schetzer, Alana. "Governments making “fake news” a crime risk stifling real journalism — accidentally or intentionally." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 11, 2019. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/07/governments-making-fake-news-a-crime-risk-stifling-real-journalism-accidentally-or-intentionally/.

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