Understanding the Association of Personal Outlook in Free Speech Regulation and the Risk of being Mis/Disinformed

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between a person's outlook on the issues of freedom of speech (IV1), fake news regulation (IV2), and the risk of him/her falling prey to Mis/Disinformation attacks (DV). Participants (n=162) were explicitly asked to choose a position among these issues and were subjected to the Fake News and deepfake test (15-item). The main data analysis tool employed for this study is factorial, two-way ANOVA. Important findings of the study include the revelation of the disparity in the performance of the subjects who are leaning to the government for information regulation against those who prefer the tech companies, among others. The intended target audience of this paper are policymakers and legal professionals possibly seeking for judicial references.