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Albania's plan against disinformation lets Facebook and powerful politicians off the hook

  • Written by Elidor Mehilli, Associate Professor of History, Hunter College
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama uses social media as a way to reach constituents directly.Zhang Liyun/Xinhua via Getty

A new set of laws in Albania empowers a government agency to review citizen complaints about online news websites. If a site is found to have published untrue information, official regulators can fine the site’s owners and...

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