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The Role of Law Enforcement Agents: Strengthening Investigations Into Crimes Against Journalists

Sarah Dean Kelly

2023: UNESCO (2023), 17 pp.

"1. Consideration should be given at an early stage of an investigation whether there are connections between the victim’s journalistic activities and the crimes committed against them. 2. Investigators should be given specific training around the issues and challenges faced in investigating crime ... more

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Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms: Safeguarding Freedom of Expression and Access to Information Through a Multi-Stakeholder Approach

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 58 pp.

"The Guidelines outline a set of duties, responsibilities and roles for States, digital platforms, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, media, academia, the technical community and other stakeholders to enable the environment where freedom of expression and information are in the core of ... more

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Inteligencia artificial centrada en los pueblos indígenas: Perspectivas desde América Latina y el Caribe

Luz Elena González Zepeda, Cristina Elena Martínez Pinto

Montevideo: UNESCO Office Montevideo and Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean (2023), 53 pp.

"Hoy más que nunca advertimos la necesidad de una Inteligencia Artificial (IA) que respete los derechos humanos y las perspectivas de los pueblos indígenas, destacando su papel en la preservación de identidades y patrimonios culturales indígenas. Es fundamental democratizar la IA, incluyendo una ... more

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Media and Information Literacy

Divina Frau-Meigs

Paris: UNESCO;Global Education Monitoring Report Team (2023), 18 pp.

"This report examines the regional and global state of Media and Information Literacy (MIL), a major theme identified in the Education 2030 Framework for Action. It is divided in three major sections: 1) definition of MIL, 2) good practices (curricula and pedagogy, teacher preparation, assessment) a ... more

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Development and Promotion of the Right to Information in National Frameworks: Policy Guidelines

Bouchaib Bounabat

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 41 pp.

"The first part of these guidelines describes specific stakes related to Public Sector Information and Data (PSID) Access. It starts by defining PSID and their typology, continues by positioning their access at the heart of RTI, and stresses its role in giving a new boost to GPDI promotion. PSID dis ... more

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Mobilizing Social Media Influencers: A European Approach to Oversight and Accountability

Katja Muñoz

Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP) (2023), 9 pp.

"Social media influencers impact our collective societal mindset by shaping our thoughts and opinions or setting agendas. Past research on social influence must be unpacked to understand how social media influencers effectively create content using authenticity co mpared to celebrity. Establishing a ... more

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Long-Term Financial Support for Ukrainian Media and Journalists

Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2023), 4 pp.

"To ensure that Ukrainian media move from mere survival to long-term vitality, we propose a comprehensive strategy encompassing the following five pillars: 1. Innovative funding mechanisms; 2. Prioritisation of local-level media; 3. Constructive enabling environment; 4. Professional development; 5. ... more

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Sustaining Journalism, Sustaining Democracy: A Policy Guide on Platforms and the Press

Michael Karanicolas, Courtney Radsch, Akshat Agarwal, Nicholas Wilson

UCLA Information Policy Lab (2023), 68 pp.

"This publication considers the range of policy changes that have been tried or recommended by global regulators, assessing their impacts on press freedom and news media sustainability, with consideration for the risk of capture, and other potential tradeoffs of these interventions. It examines four ... more

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Addressing Gendered Disinformation: Review of Current Recommendations and the Case for Broadening Responses
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Katya Vogt, Elayne Deelen, Jocelyn Young

IREX (2023), 27 pp.

"This report summarizes and groups the most common recommendations to address gendered disinformation and analyzes gaps between the evidence base and the recommendations made to date. This review is aimed toward those who seek to develop solutions to gendered disinformation in its different forms, a ... more

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Policy Brief: Ensuring Ethical AI Practices to Counter Disinformation

Federica Urzo, Elisabetta Panico, Salvatore Custureri

MediaFutures;Luiss Data Lab (2023), 15 pp.

"In particular we recommend to strengthen collaboration (platforms should adopt a collaborative approach involving various stakeholders, including governments, civil society organisations, and fact-checkers, to counter the spread and impact of disinformation. This can include sharing information, be ... st practices, and resources to develop effective strategies); enhance transparency (platforms should prioritise transparency by providing clear and comprehensive information on their policies, algorithms, and content moderation processes. Users should have a better understanding of how their data is used, and how algorithms work to prevent the amplification of false and misleading narratives); implement effective content moderation (platforms need to allocate sufficient resources to effectively monitor and moderate harmful content. This includes investing in advanced AI systems and human moderation teams to detect and remove disinformation in a timely manner. Transparent and consistent guidelines should be in place to ensure fairness and accountability in content moderation decisions); promote fact-based information (platforms should prioritise the promotion of fact-based information from reliable sources. This can be done by partnering with credible news organizations and fact-checkers to provide accurate information and combat false narratives. Advertising promoting climate change denial or other forms of misinformation should be prevented); improve the access to data for researchers (platforms should make efforts to provide access to data for independent researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of their policies and initiatives in countering disinformation. This will enable better analysis and understanding of the impact of disinformation and the effectiveness of countermeasures); comply with regulatory frameworks (platforms should fully comply with regulatory frameworks, such as the Digital Services Act (DSA) or other relevant International, EU and National laws and regulations, that provide for obligations on addressing disinformation and mitigating associated risks, the Code of Practice on Disinformation that aims to commit signatories to a range of actions to counter disinformation. These actions include providing transparency reports on political advertising, restricting advertising placements on disinformation websites, disrupting advertising revenue for purveyors of disinformation, and enabling user feedback and fact-checking mechanisms. In this framework, compliance should not be limited to large platforms but extended, with adjustments, to smaller platforms to ensure a comprehensive approach)." (Recommendations, page 6) more

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A Global Digital Compact: An Open, Free and Secure Digital Future for All

United Nations (2023), 31 pp.

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Saving Lives through Effective Flood Warning Communications in Nigeria

Bamidele Olajide

Abuja: Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) (2023), 21 pp.

"This report explores the importance of a robust Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) in Nigeria and the need for effective communication to ameliorate the loss and damage caused by flooding. Following Nigeria’s Floods of 2022, which resulted in over 600 lives lost, 3000 injured, 300 thousand hectare ... more

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Übereinkommen über den Schutz und die Förderung der Vielfalt kultureller Ausdrucksformen

Bonn: Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission (2023), 91 pp.

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Understanding and Responding to Global Emerging News Threats

Courtney C. Radsch

Internews (2023), 109 pp.

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Exploring Disinformation in Fragile States: Iraq as a Case Study of Influence of International Political Actors

Rawand Faeq

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2023), 18 pp.

"This paper examines the influence of international political actors in perpetuating disinformation in fragile states, using Iraq as a case study. The advent of modern technology and social media has transformed the global information landscape, providing new avenues for the dissemination of disinfo ... more

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Digital Well-Being

Liliana Arroyo Moliner, Vicky Charalambous, Veronique De Leneer, Demos Michael, Victoria Michaelidou, Norman Röhner, Charalambos Vrasidas

All Digital (2023), 20 pp.

"Our analysis of digital well-being underlines the imperative for broad, inclusive and accessible digital competence development. It is only by everyone having at least basic digital competences that the health and well-being in digital settings can be adequately safeguarded and improved. Likewise, ... more

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Groupe de travail exécutif chargé de formuler des propositions opérationnelles pour renforcer l’action de la Francophonie dans le champ du numérique

Anne-Marie Buzatu et al.

Paris: Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (2023), 21 pp.

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Summary Report on Ugandan Media Coverage of Road Safety

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2023), 15 pp.

"This is a summarised report of a study on Ugandan news media coverage of road safety, focusing on the country’s three main daily newspapers, three television stations and two online platforms. The study explored the attention and the nature of coverage these newspapers, television stations and on ... more

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Digital Security and Human Rights Defenders Landscape: Recommendations for NHRIs in the Asia-Pacific

Bangkog: Asia Centre (2023), 22 pp.

"Governments in the Asia-Pacific region have responded to human rights defenders' (HRD’s) new online advocacy strategies, affecting their online advocacy through the use of legal and non-legal measures to harass them and impede their work. Against this backdrop, National Human Rights Institutions ... more

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Communication, community engagement and accountability in Sudan’s regional response: Outcomes of the high-level meeting to discuss elevating collective CCEA in the regional Sudan conflict response

CDAC Network (2023), 5 pp.

"Despite the strides made towards strengthening two-way communication and dialogue in the regional response to the Sudan crisis, there remain critical gaps inhibiting the effectiveness of collective efforts. The Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and the Regional Refugee Response Plan should allocate ... more

Addressing Gendered Disinformation: Review of Current Recommendations and the Case for Broadening Responses Key Guidance

Addressing Gendered Disinformation: Review of Current Recommendations and the Case for Broadening Responses
Key Guidance