Misinformation in referenda

"While the notion of misinformation is at the center of current events and is the subject of several studies, it has rarely been addressed in the context of referenda nor from a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective. This book fills this gap. Different legal orders have been chosen because of their extensive referendum practices, namely, California, Switzerland and Italy; a recent legislative process on the issue of misinformation, Germany and France; or recent experience with a vote during which it was considered that false information had been disseminated, Brexit and Catalan independence. By bringing together authors from the political and legal sciences, the book focuses on combining the expertise of researchers from different backgrounds and origins in order to propose innovative solutions. In this regard, the book is characterized by the fact that it does not aim to combat misinformation per se, but develops suggestions meant to guarantee the conditions of formation of the political will during referenda"--

Introduction / Krista B. Nadakavukaren Schefer -- Sincerity in politics : How much is too much? / Sorin Baiasu -- Why informed opinions matter for democracy and why misinformation should not be underestimated in referendum processes / Sandrine Baume -- The (mis)use of statistics in referendum votes / Anke Tresch and Lukas Lauener -- Fact-checking direct democracy : When journalists set out to correct misinformation / Laurent Bernhard -- Judicial remedies in a comparative perspective / Andreas Glaser -- Direct democracy, misinformation, and judicial review in the United States / -- Amanda L. Tyler -- Judicial remedies in Switzerland / Vincent Martenet -- Securing rational discourse surrounding referenda in Germany / Bernd Holznagel and Maximilian Hemmert-Halswick -- Online disinformation and freedom of expression in the democratic context : The European and Italian responses / Oreste Pollicino and Laura Somaini -- Tackling misinformation in referendums : Lessons from anglophone democracies / Alan Renwick and Micaela Palese -- How to define misinformation? : The French attempt / Thomas Hochmann -- The guarantee of political rights in view of misinformation : Is new regulation needed…