Mechanisms for Preventing Disinformation in Public Administration: Current Issues

The article examines the current mechanisms of combating disinformation in public administration and suggests ways to improve them. The purpose of the article is to research and improve the mechanisms of combating disinformation in the field of public administration. During the research, the authors used special and general scientific research methods, such as: generalization, abstraction, specification, systematization, analysis and synthesis, graphic. The essence and main trends of the development of the phenomenon of disinformation were identified, and the approaches to combating disinformation in the current political environment were highlighted. Components for the information countermeasure mechanisms’ formation in the field of public administration in Ukraine are proposed. The organizational, legal and economic mechanisms for countering disinformation are described. The European experience of forming mechanisms for countering disinformation is considered. It is proposed to use the public-private partnership tool as a component of the mechanism for countering disinformation in public administration. The main purpose of the use of public-private partnership is proposed to expand the cooperation of public authorities with private scientific institutions, public organizations in the field of information protection, fact-finding, monitoring of information sources and implementation of the policy of countering disinformation. The main forms of implementation of public-private partnership in the field of combating disinformation are highlighted.