Legal Restrictions/ Self-Regulation restrictions projects

Canada

 * “Critical Election Incident Public Protocol” that will monitor and notify other agencies and the public about disinformation attempts.
 * Bill C-76 - legislation that aims to compel tech companies to be more transparent about their anti-disinformation and advertising policies.

China

 * Law 2017 requires social media platforms to solely republish and link to news articles from registered news media - http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-05/02/c_1120902760.htm.

Croatia

 * Bill to halt the spread of misinformation by Central State Office for Digital Society - https://faktograf.hr/2018/01/16/vladin-lex-facebook-lako-bi-se-mogao-pretvoriti-u-masovnu-cenzuru/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=vXM5rrbFdcu7Vv968hnjCZTGeeH630YPbbAj28M9Kd0-1650966341-0-gaNycGzNCKU

Denmark

 * Plan to avoid foreign interference in the elections - https://www.mm.dk/tjekdet/artikel/saadan-vil-regeringen-bekaempe-udenlandsk-propaganda

European Union

 * Code of practice on disinformation - https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/code-practice-disinformation

France

 * Anti misinformation law - https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2018/french-opposition-parties-are-taking-macrons-anti-misinformation-law-to-court/

Ireland

 * Usage of bots is a criminal offence - https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2018/french-opposition-parties-are-taking-macrons-anti-misinformation-law-to-court/

Kenya

 * Bill that criminalizes fake news - https://mg.co.za/article/2018-05-16-kenya-signs-bill-criminalising-fake-news/

Malaysia

 * Ban on fake news - https://web.archive.org/web/20181216150737/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/world/asia/malaysia-fake-news-law.html

Nepal

 * Election Code of Conduct - https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/tools/2015%20The%20Election%20Code%20of%20Conduct%2C%20First%20Amended%202016.pdf

the Netherlands

 * Code of Conduct - https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/news/news-pdfs/Dutch-Code-of-Conduct-transparency-online-political-advertisements-EN.pdf

Panama

 * Digital Ethical Pact - https://www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa/publicaciones/pacto-etico-digital/

Singapore

 * Law against the spread of false information - https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/09/singapore-fake-news-law/

South Africa

 * “Code of Conduct: Measures to Address Disinformation Intended to Cause Harm During the Election Period” - https://counteringdisinformation.org/interventions/code-conduct-measures-address-disinformation-intended-cause-harm-during-election

Sweden

 * Public handbook - https://www.msb.se/sv/rad-till-privatpersoner/broschyren-om-krisen-eller-kriget-kommer/

Vietnam

 * Law against misinformation - https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-asia-fake-news-20190130-story.html

United States

 * Facebook community standards - https://transparency.fb.com/policies/community-standards/?source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcommunitystandards%2F
 * Digital Democracy Charter - https://luminategroup.com/storage/275/Digital-Democracy-Charter.pdf