EUROPEAN UNION AND GLOBAL EXPERIENCES IN COMBATING DISINFORMATION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

This study aims to draw attention to the danger of disinformation, which has become a global risk. The main claim of the study is that increasing disinformation forms a global tendency toward regulating social media and digital platforms. Methodologically, a hybrid method was preferred in the study. While addressing disinformation initiatives, the case study method was used, and while presenting strategies to combat disinformation in and among countries, comparative analysis was employed. In the study, findings and conclusions were reached that there is a relationship of direct proportionality between the growth and diversification of social media and digital platforms and the increase in disinformation, and that a general tendency has emerged worldwide toward regulating social media and digital platforms. It is anticipated that the study will contribute to the literature in terms of examining disinformation, which has become a current and global problem, from its international dimensions.