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Forum on Information & Democracy launches working group on the sustainability of journalism
The Forum on Information & Democracy announces the creation of a working group on the sustainability of journalism that will seek structural recommendations from experts, media stakeholders, academics and jurists all over the world on how to make quality...
Harlem Désir to head Forum on Information and Democracy
Harlem Désir, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s former representative on freedom of the media, has been appointed executive director of the Paris-based Forum on Information and Democracy, the Forum’s board of governors announced today. Tasked...
250 recommendations on how to stop “infodemics”
As false or manipulated information continues to proliferate online during the Covid-19 epidemic, the Forum on Information and Democracy is publishing a report entitled How to end infodemics. Based on more than 100 contributions from international experts, it offers...
Working group on infodemics issues worldwide call for contributions
The Forum on Information and Democracy is issuing a worldwide call for contributions to fight against the spread of infodemics. All experts, jurists and researchers working on these issues are invited to respond. The call concerns four main topics: meta regulation of...
Forum names “infodemics” working group’s 17-member steering committee
The Forum on Information and Democracy has named the steering committee of the “working group on infodemics.” Chaired by Maria Ressa and Marietje Schaake, the steering committee consists of 17 prominent figures including David Kaye and Edison Lanza, the UN and OAS...
Alliance for Multilateralism backs working group on infodemics
The Forum on Information and Democracy thanks the countries of the Alliance for Multilateralism for the strong support they expressed for the Forum’s “working group on infodemics.” During the meeting of the Alliance on Covid-19, which gathered nearly 50 foreign...
Forum launches working group to combat infodemic, information chaos
Against the backdrop of the still developing Covid-19 epidemic, the Forum on Information and Democracy announces the creation of its inaugural working group. The Forum will ask experts, academics and jurists all over the world to define a policy framework (set of...
Eleven organizations from civil society create the Forum on Information & Democracy, a structural response to information disorder
Eleven organizations from civil society create the Forum on Information and Democracy, a new international entity tasked to implement the principles of the International Partnership on information & Democracy, an intergovernmental agreement signed by a coalition...
30 countries endorsed the International Partnership on Information & Democracy initiated by RSF
30 UN members states signed the International Partnership on Information and Democracy at the UN General Assembly today, a historic inter-governmental accord initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to promote democratic principles in the online public arena. Made...
“Unanimous” G7 support for the Information and Democracy Initiative
The leaders of the G7 nations discussed the “Partnership on Information and Democracy” at a G7 summit session on digital issues in the French city of Biarritz today. Based on an initiative that Reporters Without Borders (RSF) launched in September 2018, this...