International and Comparative Perspectives on Communication Law

摘要

The First Amendment's protections of speech and press have often placed the United States at the forefront of communication law. Our communication landscape, however, increasingly has become one that knows no geographic boundaries. Communication law scholarship that reflects an international perspective has become more influential as law and policy decisions begin to have greater global impact. For example, the Shockwaves from the European Union's recent implementation of its General Data Protection Regulation were felt worldwide as media companies and international corporations frantically prepared to comply. Elsewhere in the world, campaigns to decriminalize defamation gained strength and found success in Lesotho and other countries. Yet, international attempts to quell so-called "fake news" and other rampant forms of misinformation continue to threaten freedom of expression.