Regulation of disinformation needs to be tackled, but legislators must be extremely careful to avoid simplistic responses that could lead to a rollback of freedoms that are essential in a democratic society. The 2019 Venice Commission's Report on Digital Technology and Elections warns that “undue state intervention can result in undermining the very rights that it is meant to protect’’. This concern was also reflected in the 2017 Joint Statement by representatives of international mechanisms for the promotion of freedom of expression, which noted that “general prohibitions on the dissemination of information based on vague and ambiguous ideas, including ‘false news’ or ‘non-objective information’, are incompatible with international standards for restrictions on freedom of expression’’.