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The Forum publishes its recommendations on the transparency of digital platforms in Spanish
Leer en español / Read in Spanish On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day Conference organized by UNESCO and Uruguay, the Forum publishes its recommendations on transparency for digital platforms in Spanish. They will be the subject of a presentation session to...
The Forum issues a global call for contributions on accountability regimes for social networks and their users
The Forum on Information and Democracy issues a global call for contributions to shape an accountability regime for social networks and their users. All experts, jurists and researchers working on these issues are invited to respond.
The Forum invites international experts to contribute to the creation of the Observatory on Information and Democracy
The Forum on Information and Democracy is issuing a worldwide call for contributions to help create the International Observatory on Information and Democracy. All institutions, experts, jurists and researchers working on the structure of the information and...
The Forum on Information and Democracy launches Regional Networks of Contributors to involve more experts in its international working groups
Around 50 experts associated with the Forum's regional networks of contributors in Africa and the Middle East took part in workshops on the regulation of social networks. Thanks to their contributions, the perspectives from different regions of the world will be taken...
Forum on Information and Democracy Launches Working Group on Social Network Accountability Regimes
The Forum on Information and Democracy announces the creation of the Working group on accountability regimes for social network accounts. Its steering committee will be chaired by Kjersti Loken Stavrum, CEO of the media holding...
Forum on Information and Democracy and Reporters without Borders (RSF) sign MoU with International Fund for Public Interest Media to collaborate more closely
Tallinn, Estonia – Two of the most ambitious international initiatives set up to confront potential “media extinction” and support the Right to Information round the world have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate more closely. The International...
7 prominent figures join Angel Gurría, Shoshana Zuboff to create the International Observatory on Information and Democracy
On the occasion of the Paris Peace Forum, the Forum on Information and Democracy is unveiling the first names of the “prefiguration group” that will pave the way for the International Observatory on Information and Democracy, including Maria Ressa, 2021 Nobel Peace...
Speech of Christophe Deloire on the International Partnership for Information and Democracy at the Paris Peace Forum.
Speech pronounced by Christophe Deloire, Chair of the Forum on Information and Democracy, on 11 November 2021, in the presence of President Macron, Vice-President Kamala Harris and over thirty heads of State and Government during the Paris Peace Forum. Mister...
The Forum on Information and Democracy congratulates Maria Ressa on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
The Forum on Information and Democracy warmly welcomes the awarding of the prize to Dimitri Muratov and Maria Ressa. The latter is a member of the Commission on Information and Democracy and co-chaired the Forum's first working group. “We are extremely pleased to see...
New York summit sees launch of the International Observatory on Information and Democracy
At the Summit for Information and Democracy held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the Forum on Information and Democracy announced the up-coming creation of an International Observatory on Information and Democracy. The prefiguration group will be...