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Opening of the call for nomination for the Observatory’s Steering Committee
Are you a thought leader working at the intersection of technology and democracy ? Are you keen to join a cohort of world-class experts to oversee the first international and trans-disciplinary evaluation of the information ecosystem and its impact on democracy ?...

World Telecommunications and Information Society Day: 100 researchers call for a global assessment of the impact of digital technology on democracy
On May 17, World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, 100 leading researchers, including Timothy Garton Ash, Anya Shiffrin, Jun Murai, Gérald Bronner and Marietje Schaake, are calling for support for the International Observatory on Information and...

The global call of 100 researchers to contribute to the International Observatory on Information and Democracy
100 researchers are calling all relevant stakeholders to cooperate with the Observatory on Information and Democracy, an IPCC-like entity for the information and communication space. Over the last two decades, private companies have taken a growing importance in the...

Breaking the filter bubbles: recommendations from the Forum on Information and Democracy to promote pluralism online
On the occasion of UNESCO's conference on "Internet for Trust", the Forum on Information and Democracy (I&D) published on February 21 a series of recommendations on the pluralism of curation and indexing algorithms, for the attention of States and digital...

4 priorities to move forwards: an event of the Forum on Information and Democracy on February 21 at UNESCO
On February 21 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the Forum on Information and Democracy holds a session on the implementation of democratic safeguards in the information and communication space. The global conference "Internet for Trust" takes place from February 21 to...

The Partnership for Information and Democracy is now composed by 50 countries
During the 5th edition of the Paris Peace Forum, the Forum for Information and Democracy announced that three new countries have joined the Partnership: Albania, Ireland and Niger. This initiative for democratic principles in the digital space, linking civil society...

Mobilization for the Observatory on Information and Democracy at the Paris Peace Forum
During the 5th edition of the Paris Peace Forum, a session chaired by the French Secretary of State for Europe, Laurence Boone, will mobilize in favor of the International Observatory on Information and Democracy, the equivalent for the information chaos of what the...

Launch of the working group on pluralism of news and information in curation and indexation algorithms
Announced at the second annual Summit on Information and Democracy, held on the margins of the UN General Assembly on 22 September 2022, the working group on pluralism of news and information in curation and indexation algorithms is publishing its global call for...

Several progress at the 2nd Summit for Information and Democracy
On the agenda of the Summit for Information and Democracy, held in New York on September 22: new members for the Partnership for Information and Democracy, deliberation on the Forum's recommendations, presentation of the Observatory on Information and Democracy,...

The second Summit for Information and Democracy will be held at New York on 22 September 2022
The second ministerial-level summit of the Partnership for Information and Democracy will be convened on 22 September 2022, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Ministers from the member states of the Partnership for Information and Democracy and civil society...