Fake News Law ‧ 3 | Three Principles Parallel to Guarantee News Professionals and the Public's Right to Know

Legislative work against false news or false information is imperative. Some commentators worry that the SAR government may use "national security" as an excuse to enact a borderless law to strictly regulate "expression" including "freedom of the press." free".

Hu Xinli, an assistant professor at the School of Communication of the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, had a dialogue with "Hong Kong 01" on this, and suggested that the SAR government should adopt three major principles in its legislative work from the perspective of protecting journalism and the public's right to know: First, the "principle of proportionality", that is, the "principle of proportionality". "To avoid "killing the chicken with a sledgehammer"; the second is the "obvious and immediate danger" principle, which needs to be regulated according to the degree of harm of false information; and the last is the "news professional principle" to exempt professional news media from responsibilities.

"Fake News Law/Fake Information Law" Series 3 of Reports

With regard to the legislation of the "Fake News Law/Fake Information Law", Hu Xinli, an assistant professor at the School of Communication of the Hang Seng University in Hong Kong, put forward three principles.

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The Secretary for Security, Deng Pingqiang, believes that some false news has taken root in society, planting hidden dangers to law and order.

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Fake News Law ‧ One｜The proliferation of false information on the Internet is time for the society to deal with it seriously

Fake News Law ‧ II | Legislation is Imperative How to Balance National Security and Internet Freedom

Fake News Law ‧ 3 | Three Principles Parallel to Guarantee News Professionals and the Public's Right to Know

For details, please read the 288th "Hong Kong 01" Electronic Weekly Newsletter (October 25, 2021) "