Reliability of information online
Accessibility of reliable information
A majority of efforts to strengthen information integrity have over the last years focused on debunking and fighting dis-and misinformation. This is a crucial element, but will not be sufficient to restore information integrity. Only through the accessibility of reliable information, which is fact-based and diverse information, can we restore a democratic public debate. Currently, this information is not favoured by platforms business models, but in situations of crisis, such as health or natural catastrophes, they have shown that a different approach can be possible.
It requires clear answers to how to identify public interest media that can produce reliable information; how to provide visibility of reliable information; how to implement due prominence and rules for pluralism and diversity? This becomes even more urgent in a world of generative artificial intelligence, where chatbots and search summaries become a new gatekeeper to information.
Our work on this theme
How to mobilise the Open Government Partnership to promote information integrity in Francophone Africa: 2026 Report (FR)
In spring 2026, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) commissioned FID to work with Benin, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Senegal to incorporate the issues of information integrity and press freedom into their national action plans. In its report, FID provides an overview of the issues and presents recommendations for the four countries.
The report provides an overview of the discussions held during meetings involving the various stakeholders and sets out specific recommendations for strengthening information integrity and press freedom. It also serves as a source of inspiration for other countries undertaking open government reforms.
Background Report: Workstream on Safeguarding Access to Reliable Information in the Age of AI
The Partnership for Information and Democracy (PID) launched, in February 2026, a workstream on Safeguarding Access to Reliable Information in the Age of AI, under the leadership of the governments of Luxembourg, Ukraine and Spain, and in collaboration with interested States of the PID.
The workstream takes stock of the challenges and opportunities AI poses to the media and to trust in information, critically evaluating this paradigm shift in power dynamics between big tech and journalism. It will provide concrete policy recommendations to safeguard the reliability of information in the age of AI.
Its first output is a background report, mapping the existing economic and epistemic challenges to public interest media in the age of AI, a look at the global state-of-the-art on tackling these subjects, and proposes ways to think about policy formulation and the road ahead.
Latest news on the same theme
How to mobilise the Open Government Partnership to promote information integrity in Francophone Africa
In spring 2026, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) commissioned FID to work with Benin, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Senegal to incorporate the issues of information integrity…
New challenges and approaches in the fight against Climate Disinformation – insights from the workstream on information integrity on climate change and the environment
Climate disinformation is not only employed to delay climate action, but is interconnected with other goals, such as foreign interference, as the conversations of the workstream…
First Meeting of the Workstream on Artificial Intelligence highlights the comprehensive challenges and new trends regarding reliable information
The first meeting of this workstream was held on 29 April, 2026. It gathered representatives of signatory States of the Partnership as well as civil society…
Building societal resilience against climate mis- and disinformation: Findings from the Sixth Meeting of the Workstream on Information Integrity on Climate Change & the Environment
As extreme climate events increase in their scale and number, and as mis- and disinformation online reach unprecedented levels, it is imperative that citizens globally have…
