STATE RESPONSES TO COUNTER DISINFORMATION IN USA, GREECE AND REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Theofilos MAROUSIS, Universitatea de Stat din Moldova
Abstract
In several countries, there are voices that ask for government to take steps to restrict information falseness, reduce
the news that misrepresent reality and restore people’s trust in media. In USA, legislation is introduced regarding political advertisement, public’s protection from deceptive practices and audience manipulation. Greece endeavors for
digital transformation across the spectrum of the public sector, which will promote to have eventually more valid and
transparent information flow. The Republic of Moldova is making legislation reforms to modernize its policies and
create a more stable environment that potentially brings her closer to the European reforms. In this article, we focus
on public policies against disinformation in three different countries including United States, Greece and Moldova.
Each state applies its own approach in order to deal with the problem.
Keywords: misinformation, public policies, communication, governance, disinformation, penalty.
