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With the election campaign underway, can the law protect voters from fake news and conspiracy theories?

  • Written by Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
With the election campaign underway, can the law protect voters from fake news and conspiracy theories?Advance NZ leader Billy Te Kahika speaks at a Wellington protest in August 2020.GettyImages

Last weekend’s “anti-lockdown” protest in Auckland provided a snapshot of the various conspiracy theories and grievances circulating online and within the community: masks, vaccination, QAnon, 5G technology, government tyranny and COVID-19...

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