04621cam a2200565 i 4500 118032 118032 22296112 BJBSDDR 20230824103144.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 211012s2022 caua b 001 0 eng 2021049970 9781503628441 (cloth) 1503628442 (cloth) 9781503631151 (epub) CSt/DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc e-ru--- a-cc--- HM 742 S634t 2022 302.23/1091821 Sloss, David (David L.), 26859 1957- Tyrants on Twitter : protecting democracies from information warfare / David L. Sloss. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2022. xvii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Stanford studies in law and politics Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index. Information warfare and democratic decay -- Russian information warfare and U.S. elections -- Russian influence operations in Europe -- China's global information operations -- An uneven playing field -- A proposal for transnational regulation -- Policy analysis : weighing costs and benefits -- The First Amendment. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Social media Political aspects Western countries. Redes sociales Aspectos políticos Países occidentales 1374 Social media Government policy Western countries. Redes sociales Política gubernamental Países occidentales 26861 Social media Law and legislation Western countries. Redes sociales Legislación Países occidentales 1723 Information warfare Political aspects. Guerra informativa Aspectos políticos 26862 Política mundial Rusia (Federación) 3242 Information warfare Russia (Federation) Information warfare China. Democracy Western countries. Online version: Sloss, David. Tyrants on Twitter. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2022 9781503631151 (DLC) 2021049971 Stanford studies in law and politics 26860 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2022-11-02 0 HM 742 S634t 2022 00000165646 2022-11-02 00:00:00 1 2022-11-02 BK