Fake news, trolls and bots Who embraces freedom of expression?

Abstract

This article explores the interactions between freedom of expression and trolls, bots and fake news. The author starts by characterizing freedom of expression and delimiting its generic scope and then reviewing to what extent it could protect these new manifestations derived from the rise of information and communication technologies and, in particular, social media. Finally, some measures are addressed to deal with the problematic aspects derived from the massification of trolls, bots and fake news, since, according to the author, the possibility of establishing a regulation from the State should be ruled out.