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050	0	0	_aHM742 _b.S588 2022
100	1		_aSloss, David, _4aut
245	1	0	_aTyrants on Twitter : _bprotecting democracies from information warfare / _cDavid L. Sloss
264		1	_aStanford, California : _bStanford University Press, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022
300			_axvii, 330 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
386			_aAmericans _2lcdgt
386			_aMen _2lcdgt
386			_aUniversity and college faculty members _2lcdgt
490	1		_aStanford studies in law and politics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index
505	0	0	_tInformation warfare and democratic decay -- _tRussian information warfare and U.S. elections -- _tRussian influence operations in Europe -- _tChina's global information operations -- _tAn uneven playing field -- _tA proposal for transnational regulation -- _tPolicy analysis : weighing costs and benefits -- _tThe First Amendment
520			_a"This book explains how Russia and China weaponize social media and how to protect Western democracies from information warfare. When Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram were first introduced to the public, their mission was simple: they were designed to help people become more connected to each other. Social media became a thriving digital space by giving its users the freedom to share whatever they wanted with their friends and followers. Unfortunately, these same digital tools are also easy to manipulate. As exemplified by Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, authoritarian states can exploit social media to interfere with democratic governance in open societies. Tyrants on Twitter is the first detailed analysis of how Chinese and Russian agents weaponize Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to subvert the liberal international order. In addition to the 2016 U.S. election, David L. Sloss explores Russia's use of foreign influence operations to threaten democracies in Europe, as well as China's use of social media and other digital tools to meddle in Western democracies and buttress autocratic rulers around the world. Sloss calls for cooperation among democratic governments to create a new transnational system for regulating social media to protect Western democracies from information warfare. Drawing on his professional experience as an arms control negotiator, he outlines a novel system of transnational governance that Western democracies can enforce by harmonizing their domestic regulations. And drawing on his academic expertise in constitutional law, he explains why that system--if implemented by legislation in the United States--would be constitutionally defensible, despite likely First Amendment objections. With its critical examination of information warfare and its proposal for practical legislative solutions to fight back, this book is essential reading in a time when misinformation campaigns threaten to undermine democracy"-- _cProvided by publisher
650		0	_aDemocracy _zWestern countries
650		0	_aInformation warfare _xPolitical aspects
650		0	_aInformation warfare _zChina
650		0	_aInformation warfare _zRussia (Federation)
650		0	_aSocial media _xGovernment policy _zWestern countries
650		0	_aSocial media _xLaw and legislation _zWestern countries
650		0	_aSocial media _xPolitical aspects _zWestern countries
830		0	_aStanford studies in law and politics
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