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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...
The Forum on Information and Democracy launches a civil society coalition with 42 non-governmental organizations from 24 countries
The Forum on Information and Democracy announces the creation of a civil society coalition composed, to date, of 42 non-governmental organizations from 24 countries. These are associations and research centres known for their expertise and whose objectives are close...
We, as independent organizations, affirm that civil society shall be at the heart of establishing democratic safeguards in the digital space
By the civil society coalition on Information and Democracy The Initiative on Information and Democracy, which aims at implementing democratic safeguards in the information and communication space, is vital for online human rights and for the future of democratic...
Argentina joins the international Partnership on Information and Democracy
The government has just announced that the country has joined the Partnership on Information and Democracy, which now has 43 signatory states. On the occasion of a plenary meeting of the Economic and Social Council of Argentina devoted to digital threats to democracy,...
The Forum on Information and Democracy calls for a New Deal for Journalism
As the Covid-19 pandemic undermines journalism at a growing pace, the Forum on Information and Democracy is publishing its recommendations under the title A New Deal for Journalism. The report presents a plan to guarantee up to 0.1% of GDP a year into journalism to...