[Air-L] PUBLISHED: Fake News Inquiry Report

[Dr. Emma Briant]

Dear Colleagues,

Thought I would share the UK Parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Fake News Inquiry final report which is just published:
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmcumeds/1791/1791.pdf

And as the final report endorses my recommendations that the private
influence industry must no longer go unregulated and on how this might be
done, I just wanted to share my full original report on this in case anyone
wishes to read my fuller proposals:

·       Briant, E L (2018) ‘Building a stronger and more secure democracy
in a digital age
<http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/digital-culture-media-and-sport-committee/fake-news/written/88559.pdf>’
A Response to Recent Interim Reports and Proposals, published by Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Inquiry into Fake News: UK

This September 2018 policy report was my response to both the recent UK
Interim Report of the Fake News Inquiry, and the proposals offered by Sen.
Warner and the Senate Intelligence Committee. It replied to inadequacies in
both reports and the proposals offered to date for the US and UK,
highlights the important areas I considered to have not been fully
addressed, arguing for what I saw as vital recommendations and proposals
for the US and UK.

Today's Fake News Inquiry Final report restates my report's recommendations
and then concludes the following:

'The industry needs cleaning up. As the SCL/Cambridge Analytica scandal
shows, the sort of bad practices indulged in abroad or for foreign clients,
risk making their way into UK politics. Currently the strategic
communications industry is largely self-regulated. The UK Government should
consider new regulations that curb bad behaviour in this industry.'

And:

'There needs to be transparency in these strategic communications
companies, with a public record of all campaigns that they work on, both at
home and abroad. They need to be held accountable for breaking laws during
campaigns anywhere in the world, or working for financially non-transparent
campaigns. We recommend that the Government addresses this issue, when it
responds to its consultation, ‘Protecting the Debate: Intimidating,
Influence and Information’'

Best wishes,
Emma

-- 
Dr Emma L Briant
Researcher at George Washington University School of Media and Public
Affairs
805 21st St NW,
Washington,
DC 20052

Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk
Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global
Change *from
Manchester University Press
Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline
Donald from Pluto Press.
Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant

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