AI and democracy in West Africa: recommendations for Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal
The Forum on Information and Democracy and its partners in three West African countries are publishing recommendations to ensure that Artificial Intelligence serves the public good and the integrity of information. Based on the international report published in February 2024, these recommendations aim at advancing the implementation of frameworks in West Africa. The debates around […]
Time for implementation: how the OGP framework can support reforms on information integrity
On World Press Freedom Day, the Forum on Information and Democracy (FID) and the Open Government Partnership (OGP) are calling for the implementation of critical reforms to enhance media freedom and information integrity in an age of digital disruption. As the world marks World Press Freedom Day, on May 3rd, the Forum on Information and […]
After Mauritania’s endorsement, FID and Mauritanie Perspectives host first workshop on information integrity in the country
Following the country’s endorsement of the International Partnership for Information and Democracy, the Forum and Mauritanie Perspectives, a public policy think tank, co-hosted a high-level multi-actors dialogue in Nouakchott on 29 and 30 April 2025. The 2-day panel discussion brought together representatives of governments and regulatory authorities, journalists, lawmakers, researchers and civil society experts. In […]
Led by Ukraine and Luxembourg, the Workstream on Identifying solutions to ensure information integrity on private messaging platforms held its first meeting
Private messaging platforms represent one of the most important communication tools among users, while simultaneously emerging as a key medium in the dissemination of political propaganda and disinformation. They also often lack regulatory oversight because of (or in some cases thanks to) their private or encrypted features. To address this critical dichotomy, the Forum on […]
