The Trust in Social Networks

Compared to news outlets, who are under stringent oversight, there is an important gap in liability for digital social platforms. Not surprisingly, verifiably false information tends to be found more abundantly in digital social platforms, as the risk of being liable to falsehoods is much lower, which leads to a widespread trust deficit. Legislation should be designed to achieve at least two important goals. The first one is to facilitate the enforcement by the court of justice of proper punishm