{"id":10303,"date":"2022-05-16T13:14:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T11:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=10303"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:16:16","slug":"between-evidence-and-policy-bridging-the-gap-in-disinformation-regulation","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/between-evidence-and-policy-bridging-the-gap-in-disinformation-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Evidence and Policy: Bridging the Gap in Disinformation Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article,\u00a0Pranav Manjesh Bidare,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/staff\/stephan-dreyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Stephan Dreyer<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/staff\/clara-iglesias-keller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Clara Iglesias Keller<\/a>\u00a0discuss the empirical evidence for the governance of disinformation.The article is one of a three-part series presenting important considerations on the governance of disinformation. All contributions are based on an expert workshop organised by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/projects\/digital-disinformation-hub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Disinformation Hub<\/a>\u00a0in February 2022 on &#8220;Opportunities in Disinformation Research from a Governance Perspective&#8221;. The two other contributions address conceptual challenges and the potential of new institutions for the governance of disinformation. All three contributions have been published as open access papers in the online journal Internet Policy Review.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/policyreview.info\/articles\/news\/between-evidence-and-policy-bridging-gap-disinformation-regulation\/1667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to the article<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About the Series<\/h2>\n<p><em>While bridging the gap between social science findings and policy proposals, the texts address some fundamental questions to foster future research agendas: (i) how should underlying conceptions, most notably notions of \u201ctruth\u201d, support the increasing weight that states and companies dedicate to curbing disinformation? (ii) how can such an intricate empirical field inform potential governance solutions? and (iii) can these conceptual and empirical challenges profit from institutional innovation, as a way to reconfigure traditional power dynamics?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bidare, P. M.;\u00a0Dreyer, S.;\u00a0Iglesias Keller, C.\u00a0(2022).\u00a0Between Evidence and Policy: Bridging the Gap in Disinformation Regulation. In:\u00a0<i>Internet Policy Review (<a href=\"https:\/\/policyreview.info\/articles\/news\/between-evidence-and-policy-bridging-gap-disinformation-regulation\/1667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a>).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2433,"template":"","tags":[398],"class_list":["post-10303","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Between Evidence and Policy: Bridging the Gap in Disinformation Regulation - Leibniz HBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/between-evidence-and-policy-bridging-the-gap-in-disinformation-regulation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Between Evidence and Policy: Bridging the Gap in Disinformation Regulation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this article,\u00a0Pranav Manjesh Bidare,\u00a0Dr. Stephan Dreyer\u00a0and\u00a0Dr. Clara Iglesias Keller\u00a0discuss the empirical evidence for the governance of disinformation.The article is one of a three-part series presenting important considerations on the governance of disinformation. 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