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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
A new threat for media sustainability is joining the list: the rise of AI tools to answer search engine questions is drastically reducing clicks to news sites, as Carolina Martinez Elbi reports in her latest piece for OBSERVACOM.
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Google's AI reduces media traffic and worsens their sustainability - Observacom
By Carolina Martínez Elebi, associate researcher at OBSERVACOM. The implementation of tools like AI Overviews and AI Mode in Google Search—two chatbots that answer search engine users’ questions—is tr...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We’re ready to work with all stakeholders seeking greater transparency. The research priorities from our Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy report can help guide future data access requests. 👇
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Information ecosystems and troubled democracy: Research Priorities - OID
A Global Synthesis of the State of Knowledge on News Media, AI and Data Governance
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The Forum congratulates this step and calls upon researchers to seize the opportunity and on DSCs to support the study of systemic risks. We had submitted a collective response to the consultation process last December. 👇
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The Forum, alongside 50 NGOs and researchers, urges the European Commission to prioritize the public interest in shaping data access provisions - Forum Information & Democracy
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🔴 Important milestone for tech accountability: The European Commission adopts the delegated act enabling vetted researchers to access data from very large online platforms and search engines. Article 40.8 can now be implemented!  digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm....
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/07/2025
"How AI chatbots are delivering health lies to 'millions'" www.9news.com.au/national/ai-...
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How AI chatbots are delivering health lies to 'millions'
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
At the Forum, we're working exactly on that: How to design smart rules for private messaging platforms, to address public uses, protect users, all the while respecting privacy rights.
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Are private messaging platforms the blind spot of the fight against disinformation? - Forum Information & Democracy
On June 3, 2025, the Partnership for Information and Democracy held the second meeting of its workstream on “Strengthening Information Integrity on Private Messaging Platforms”, led by Ukraine and Lux...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
At the same time, French media outlet Le Monde just issued an article underlining how teens are using WhatsApp channels to reach tens of thousands, away from parents and moderation. A "private space" used publicly.
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Sur WhatsApp, le monde parallèle des ados devenus influenceurs à l’insu de leurs parents
Retranchés derrière l’onglet « Actus » de la messagerie, relativement méconnu, de nombreux adolescents, parfois très jeunes, ont ouvert leur propre chaîne. Dans ces espaces à la fois intimes et ouvert...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
WhatsApp is adding ads and turning into a full social media platform - with channels, communities and public features. But it's still regulated like a private chat app. Our colleague Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat explains why that could become a problem. bhr.stern.nyu.edu/quick-take/a...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
#Australia: Yet nother example that we cannot rely on platform goodwill to compensate news publishers. Last week, Google followed Meta’s lead by ending funding agreements with several outlets, leaving them in financial uncertainty and underscoring the urgent need for sustainable solutions.
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Google ditches million-dollar deals with publishers amid Labor inaction
The search giant has told several small news outlets that it will not honour an agreement that was to expire in 2027, as it reconsiders how it pays for content.
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Happening soon! We are at the Internet Governance Forum, in Oslo, with the United Nations, to contribute in discussions for a just digital future, and deepen our engagement in strengthening trustworthy climate info. 🔵 Join us live today, at 15:30 CET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhXR...
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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · 23/06/2025
🚨 #HEAT is rising! 🌡️🌍 Today we launch HEAT, a cross-border investigation into how #ClimateDisinfo is coordinated, embedded & amplified. Disinfo isn’t fringe. It’s systemic. 💡 Read the report🔗 www.disinfo.eu/heat-harmful... 💙 @logicallyfacts.com #DSA #CIB #FIMI #disinformation #disinfo #EMIFund
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HEAT: Harmful Environmental Agendas & Tactics - EU DisinfoLab
This report presents the final findings of the HEAT project, which investigated climate-related misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (MDM) across Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Private messaging platforms can no longer be regulatory blind spots. As they are inscreasingly used to spread disinformation, foreign interference & propaganda, urgent policy responses are needed. Our Workstream is addressing this with expert-backed solutions. 🔗 Tap the link below to learn more.
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Are private messaging platforms the blind spot of the fight against disinformation? - Forum Information & Democracy
On June 3, 2025, the Partnership for Information and Democracy held the second meeting of its workstream on “Strengthening Information Integrity on Private Messaging Platforms”, led by Ukraine and Lux...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🌍 🇺🇳 The Forum is delighted to announce its participation in the UN Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany, on June 21! Forum’s ED @camillegrenier.bsky.social will take part in the COP30 Presidency’s special event, helping to bring info integrity to the heart of climate negotiations 🌿
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🌿🚨 The greatest barrier to climate action may not be a lack of scientific knowledge, but the global spread of misinformation that targets public trust and political will, says latest assessment by the International Panel on the Information Environment.
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Information Integrity about Climate Science: A Systematic Review
Synthesis Report - Information Integrity about Climate Science: A Systematic Review
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🇱🇧 Our partner Maharat Foundation just released Part 2 of its groundbreaking study on information integrity in Lebanon - the first of its kind in the country. After mapping disinformation in the Lebanese media landscape, this new chapter focuses on media pluralism and its challenges.
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Media Pluralism in Lebanon: Between Political Influence and the Promise of Reform | Maharat Foundation
Media Pluralism in Lebanon: Between Political Influence and the Promise of Reform
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/06/2025
Le volume de contenus nocifs, y compris haineux, a augmenté sur les plateformes de Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads...) aux Etats-Unis depuis que l'entreprise y a cessé ses activités de fact-checking et assoupli sa politique de modération des contenus, selon une enquête publiée lundi.
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Meta: davantage de contenus nocifs aux Etats-Unis depuis l'arrêt du fact-checking, selon une enquête
Le volume de contenus nocifs, y compris haineux, a augmenté sur les plateformes de Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads...) aux Etats-Unis depuis que l'entreprise y a cessé ses activités de fact-checkin...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Contribution opportunity for German-speaking researchers 🇩🇪 The Media Structures Network is calling for abstracts on epistemic governance and public interest-oriented media platforms, ahead of a workshop at @unimainz.bsky.social. Deadline: 15 August More info 👇
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Workshop 2025 des Netzwerks Medienstrukturen | Medienkonvergenz
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Open Government Partnership @opengovpartnership.org · 04/06/2025
🧠 From budget tracking in Nigeria to fact-checking in Estonia, #civictech is proving that #AI can amplify journalism, not replace it. Read as OGP CEO, Aidan Eyakuze, calls for bold action to ensure AI strengthens democracy and press freedom. 🔗 thechanzo.com/2025/05/26/j...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
On the occasion of World Environment Day, the Forum joins its partners in calling for urgent action to protect information integrity on climate and environmental issues. From one ecosystem to another, we must act urgently. Read our statement ⬇️
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From one ecosystem to another, protecting information integrity and the environment - Forum Information & Democracy
On the occasion of World Environment Day, the Forum on Information and Democracy joins its partners in calling for decisive action to promote and protect information integrity on climate change […]
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
📢 If you're passionate about defending democracy in the digital age, this opportunity might be for you! The Forum is recruiting a Dev. & Resource Officer to continue expanding the promotion of democratic standards in the digital space around the world. 🔗 informationdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
💬 “The US’s aggressive new fusion of tech and politics provides a strong impetus for Europe to create an alternative social media infrastructure.” A new paper by Prof. @susanly.bsky.social builds on recent work published by the Forum, urging the EU to create its own social media ecosystem 👇
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Opinion: Why Europe needs its own social media ecosystem
UCD’s Prof Susan Leavy and colleagues make the case for an indigenous social media ecosystem in Europe to counter the dominance of US Big Tech.
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
If you haven't had the time to dive into our 250-page landmark report, no problem. You can now listen to the key takeaways on Tech Policy Press Podcast 👇
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🇦🇲 At the #YerevanDialogue, information integrity took center stage, not just as a media issue, but as a geopolitical priority. The Forum co-hosted key discussions on digital governance and environmental disinformation, ahead of #Armenia’s presidency of COP17 on Biodiversity.
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Armenia and the geopolitics of information integrity - Forum Information & Democracy
On the occasion of the second edition of the Yerevan Dialogue, the Forum on Information and Democracy and the Armenian government organised a series of discussions on information integrity. While […]
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🔵 Day 2 at the #YerevanDialogue in 🇦🇲 Armenia, with a spotlight on environmental disinformation. Today, the Forum is hosting a special session of its dedicated workstream, led by the Government of Armenia.
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Tune in at 16:50 (UTC+1) for our live panel on defending information integrity in complex settings. @camillegrenier.bsky.social, the Forum’s ED, will moderate the discussion. 🔗 Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1N0...
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Yerevan Dialogue: Navigating the Unknown | Live Streaming: Blue Hall
YouTube video by Yerevan Dialogue
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Speakers include @gyanxtripathi.bsky.social and @mediaactionnepal.bsky.social’s ED, Laxman Datt Pant. 🔹 Gyan Tripathi highlights inclusivity, interoperability, and open source as pillars of a healthy info ecosystem. 🔹 Laxman Datt Pant warns against laws misused to silence independent voices. 2/2
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Session by the Freedom Online Coalition @nfoic.bsky.social : “Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Influence and Inclusion: Advancing Human Rights Online”. The discussion centers on how DPI can uphold privacy, free expression, and non-discrimination while promoting digital inclusion. 1/2
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The Foreign Ministers of #Armenia, #France, and #Palestine joined a high-level panel on regional security. 🇫🇷 French Foreign Minister @jnbarrot.bsky.social emphasized the value of the #YerevanDialogue as a true “space for solutions.”
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Opening remarks at the #YerevanDialogue under this year’s theme: "Navigating the Unknown", with 🇦🇲 Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. “Disinformation and fake news become weapons against the fundamentals of international order,” said Ararat Mirzoyan, Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
🔴 Live now from the #YerevanDialogue in Armenia’s capital! Two days of diplomatic engagement tackling today’s challenges in the Caucasus and beyond. At 16:50 (UTC+1), the Forum’s Executive Director, @camillegrenier.bsky.social, will moderate a panel on information integrity. Follow our thread 🧵
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Share your expertise with us! Climate disinformation extends beyond climate change, increasingly undermining global efforts to address other critical environmental issues. We are calling for expert insights on how disinformation is undermining action on these issues. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 June
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Call for Contributions - Addressing Disinformation and Attacks on Information Integrity on Environmental Issues Beyond Climate Change  - Forum Information & Democracy
Context In February 2025 the International Partnership for Information and Democracy launched a workstream on Strengthening information integrity on climate change and other environmental issues under...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The Forum held the first meeting of its workstream on Strengthening Information Integrity on climate and environmental disinformation, co-led by 🇦🇲 Armenia and 🇧🇷 Brazil. Both countries are seizing this critical window of opportunity as #COP30 and #COP17 approach. Join us and learn more 🔗
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First outcomes of the environmental disinformation workstream led by Armenia and Brazil - Forum Information & Democracy
The Forum on Information and Democracy held the first meeting of its workstream on strengthening information integrity on climate and environmental issues on 17 April 2025, under the co-presidency of ...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
As South Africa prepares to host the G20, local voices like SANEF and Media Monitoring Africa, with support from the Forum on Information and Democracy, are pushing for putting media freedom and information integrity on the G20 agenda. informationdemocracy.org/2025/05/15/g...
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Digital Rights Foundation @digitalrightspk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🔴Our Special Edition of the Digital Rights Tracker Continues🔴 Our special edition continues with digital rights updates on the aftermath of the ceasefire, tracking #cyberattacks, #misinformation, #onlineharassment, and digital erasure. #IndiaPakistanTensions
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The Forum on Information and Democracy has just released its 2024 Annual Report - undoubtedly the year of information integrity, but also of great challenges. 🔗 You can find more about our achievements of the year 2024 in our annual report: informationdemocracy.org/2025/05/14/a...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Mr. Benedicto Fonseva Filho, Ambassador of Brazil to South Africa, shares insights from the 🇧🇷 Brazilian G20 Presidency: "Brazil has championed the inclusion of information integrity in many international fora".
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The Forum is actively engaged with local and global stakeholders, to keep pushing for an ambitious agenda on media freedom, sustainability and independence. "This event is a strong call for solidarity and joint actions to promote public interest media" - Katharina Zuegel, Forum's Policy Manager
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"Media freedom is people's freedom" - Tsahamano Makhadi, Deputy Chair of the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef). Sanef is part of a group of South African media and freedom of expression actors promoting the inclusion of information integrity and media viability in the G20 agenda.
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Mr. David Martinon, 🇫🇷 French Ambassador to South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi, opens the session. The ambassador is emphasizing the importance of the Partnership on Information and Democracy principles as a guiding framework for addressing media issues at the upcoming G20.
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🔴 The Forum is live from the French Embassy to South Africa in Pretoria 🇿🇦 Our Policy Manager Katharina Zuegel is joining South African experts and diplomats to address media issues ahead of the upcoming #G20, building on the work done during Brazil's presidency. 🇧🇷
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Three countries, three contexts, one challenge: keeping democracy at the heart of AI. In #Benin, #Côted’Ivoire, and #Senegal, we co-developed three reports on the impact of AI on national media ecosystems, exploring how to regulate it so that AI strengthens democratic resilience. 🇧🇯🇨🇮🇸🇳
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AI and democracy in West Africa: recommendations for Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal - Forum Information & Democracy
The Forum on Information and Democracy and its partners in three West African countries are publishing recommendations to ensure that Artificial Intelligence serves the public good and the integrity o...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Ms. Mira Milosevic (@morelliana.bsky.social), Executive Director of the @mediagfmd.bsky.social: « We need to make sure AI advancements work for the people and the planet, and not just for profit ».
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Nina Santos, Deputy Secretary of Digital Policies of Brazil 🇧🇷 presented steps taken by the government to regulate the use of AI and online platforms. The Forum is actively collaborating with Brazil, member of the Partnership, notably on addressing the issue of climate disinformation.
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The high level kick-off session explores the promotion of information as a public good in the age of AI. At the Forum, we published comprehensive recommendations on defending AI as a public good, which you can access at: informationdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🇺🇳 UN Secretary General António Guterres joined in with a special video message. He recalled the importance of the UN principles for information integrity to "push for a more humane information ecosystem".
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🔴 Live from UNESCO's signature World Press Freedom Day event, in Brussels: Ms. Azoulay opening speech underlines the impact of AI on media and press freedom, acknowledging both its opportunities and challenges. "We must also empower professionals to adapt to the full potential of AI".
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
New ressource, by Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat, Ayushi Agrawal & Isaac Yap from @nyusterncbhr.bsky.social, breaks down online safety laws in 19 countries + the US. A global look at platform regulation, with clear steps to keep human rights at the center. bhr.stern.nyu.edu/publication/...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
As the world marks World Press Freedom Day, we are proud to publish a joint report with the @opengovpartnership.org. It is aimed at supporting policy makers globally as they work to promote a healthy info ecosystem, while facing persistent challenges. informationdemocracy.org/2025/05/03/h...
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Time for implementation: how the OGP framework can support reforms on information integrity - Forum Information & Democracy
On World Press Freedom Day, the Forum on Information and Democracy (FID) and the Open Government Partnership (OGP) are calling for the implementation of critical reforms to enhance media freedom […]
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🇲🇷 While challenges remain, #Mauritania is making significant steps towards a more diverse and democratic information ecosystem! The Forum and Mauritanie Perspectives co-hosted a high-level multi-actors dialogue in Nouakchott to define a national roadmap on information integrity. Read our report👇
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After Mauritania’s endorsement, FID and Mauritanie Perspectives host first workshop on information integrity in the country - Forum Information & Democracy
Following the country’s endorsement of the International Partnership for Information and Democracy, the Forum and Mauritanie Perspectives, a public policy think tank, co-hosted a high-level multi-acto...
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Forum on Information and Democracy @foruminfod.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Our Executive Director @camillegrenier.bsky.social and Policy Manager Katharina Zügel will be in Brussels on May 6–7 for the World Press Freedom Day 2025 signature event, hosted by @unesco.org 🕊️🖋️ Will you be attending too? Feel free to reach out if you're around!
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