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Elena Núñez Castaño
Profesora Titular de Derecho Penal. Departamento de Derecho Penal y Ciencias Criminales, Facultad de Derecho, C/ Enramadilla 18-20, 41018, Universidad de Sevilla
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0612-5483
Vol 45 (2024), Articles, pages 1-43
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15304/epc.45.9756
Submitted: 29-02-2024 Accepted: 08-04-2024 Published: 17-09-2024
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Abstract

Disinformation is one of the phenomena that is currently of particular concern to States and international institutions because of the grave consequences that a disinformation campaign can have for the basic pillars of a democratic system. This suggests the possibility of establishing controls to reduce their effects. Controls which would also include recourse to the legal system. This paper focuses on three fundamental aspects: the delimitation of the concept of disinformation with respect to other similar concepts, the impact that regulation or control can have on fundamental rights, essentially freedom of information, and thirdly, the possible responses that the legal system, and more specifically criminal law, can offer in these cases. The study ends with an analysis of the questionable possibility that criminalisation of false information could be a legitimate solution.