Are private messaging platforms the blind spot of the fight against disinformation?
Led by Ukraine and Luxembourg, the Workstream on Identifying solutions to ensure information integrity on private messaging platforms held its first meeting
Private messaging platforms represent one of the most important communication tools among users, while simultaneously emerging as a key medium in the dissemination of political propaganda and disinformation. They also often lack regulatory oversight because of (or in some cases thanks to) their private or encrypted features. To address this critical dichotomy, the Forum on […]
Private messaging platforms, climate disinformation: States of the Partnership for Information and Democracy launch workstreams to address urgent challenges to information integrity
Facilitated by the Forum on Information and Democracy, States of the Partnership for information and democracy are launching two targeted workstreams to address urgent challenges related to private messaging platforms and climate and other environmental disinformation. Respectively led by Ukraine and Luxembourg and Armenia and Brazil, these workstreams will mobilize other countries, academia and civil […]