UN urges actions against mis- and disinformation and hate speech
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday issued an urgent appeal to government, tech companies, advertisers and the public relations industry to step up and take responsibility for the spread and monetization of content that results in harm.
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The United Nations has launched recommendations for urgent actions against mis- and disinformation and hate speech.
“The world must respond to the harm caused by the spread of online hate and lies while robustly upholding human rights,” United Nations Secretary- General António Guterres said today at the launch of the United Nations Global Principles for Information Integrity.
Speaking one year after the launch of his report into information integrity on digital platforms, the Secretary-General put forward a framework for coordinated international action to make information spaces safer and more humane, one of the most urgent tasks of our time.
Misinformation, disinformation, hate speech and other risks to the information ecosystem are fueling conflict, threatening democracy and human rights, and undermining public health and climate action. Their proliferation is now being supercharged by the rapid rise of readily available Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, increasing the threat to groups often targeted in information spaces, including children.
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