The role of public authorities in responding disinformation

Disinformation are considered an important issue of the modern digital era, specially manifested during the rise and spread of new media. Disinformation are a complex phenomenon, with regards to their aims, creation, spreading, concerning why recipients trust them, but this complexity is also evident in the disinformation solutions and response activities. There is no one and absolutely effective tool to tackle disinformation, and therefore a combination of soft and hard solutions is being applied in practice. The aim of the article is to analyze the role of public authorities in responding disinformation, what can be considered as one of many different solutions and disinformation response activities. A special focus will be placed on the concrete examples of public authority's disinformation response activities in the Slovak Republic, covering different levels of policy making and public administration execution.