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Fake news poses a corrosive existential threat todemocracies by undermining public trust, regardless of whether people believe it or not. Public knowledge of fake news circulating is sufficient for making citizens lose trust in each other, their institutions, politicians, and media.
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Why is it important?
Explains why fake news do serious harm irrespectively if it is believed to be true by democratic citizens.
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This page is a summary of: Fake News and Democracy, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, July 2022, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy,
DOI: 10.26556/jesp.v22i2.1258.
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