It may be perceived that Japanese has not yet created fake news that affects the operation of the country and people's lives, as it does in foreign countries. However, as introduced on the previous page, there is fake news in Japan as well. Eventually there will be serious problems with it. In fact, in some local governments, there are cases where false information of unknown origin was spread on the Internet in voting battles such as the election of governorsTherefore, in order to prevent such a situation, governments and companies are now taking measures against fake news in Japan as well. On this page, we will introduce such measures in Japan.
Although the issue of fake news is expected to become more serious in the future, Japan
should be cautious in the issue of fake news due to the importance of freedom of
expression. Therefore, the main measures that the government can take are to encourage
the voluntary measures of the private sector such as companies and the people. In
particular, on platforms such as SNS where individuals can freely enter information, the
government should be cautious when it is necessary to judge the content of information
sent by individuals, such as requesting businesses developing the business to delete fake
news.
In addition, we have also requested that a specific code of conduct for fake news be
established with reference to the EU in Europe. In addition, as a concrete policy, the
government summarizes the trends and countermeasures of fake news at the "Study
Group on Platform Services" and presents a guideline for the action policy. In addition to the action policy, the concrete definition of fake news and
disinformation, measures to be referred to overseas, and the future policy for fake news in
Japan are clearly considered and transcribed.
Companies related to SNS are the most affected by fake news. And it has its
headquarters overseas. Therefore, unlike Japanese companies, which have few cases yet,
it seems that they tend to be more aware of the crisis. In particular, as a recent event, many
cases of fake news that would destroy the operation of the nation or the life of one person
occurred in various places overseas, including the US presidential election, so measures
were taken by SNS-related overseas companies. In this section, we will introduce some of
these measures that have been completed by Japanese companies.
There is a "Safer Internet Association". It is a general incorporated association
established by Japanese IT companies, and its purpose is to devise and implement
measures to curb the abuse of the Internet and protect the free Internet usage
environment. And, of course, some of its purposes are for fake news that threatens the
Internet environment. As one of them, we hold study groups on platform services, that is,
services such as SNS.