Internet for Trust

A global dialogue to guide regulation worldwide

21-23 February 2023, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

UNESCO hosted in Paris the “Internet for Trust” conference to discuss a set of draft global guidelines for regulating digital platforms, to safeguarding freedom of expression and access to information.

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UNESCO

Over 4,000

participants

Governments, regulatory bodies, digital companies, academia, journalists and civil society

More than 20

side events

organized by partners will convene at UNESCO HQ on 21 February

Speakers

See the list

22-23 Feb. sessions programme

Guidelines for Regulating Digital Platforms

UNESCO is engaged in a series of consultations to develop Guidelines focusing on the structures and processes needed to ensure users have a safer and more critical interaction with online content, to simultaneously support freedom of expression and the availability of accurate and reliable information in the public sphere. The Conference will be a key moment to gain further insights from the various stakeholders to inform the Guidelines. UNESCO will be undertaking further consultations to finalize the Guidelines in the months following the conference.

What are the issues?

≈ 60%

of more than 1 million internet users

surveyed worry about misinformation. Most concerned are young and low-income groups.

10

“Toxic” spreaders of climate disinformation

had 186 million followers on social media.

$5.3 Million

ad revenue during 6 months

generated by ten "Toxic" spreaders of climate disinformation.

≈ 20%

of 100 cases of recent laws on disinformation

are related to election issues

61

disinformation campaigns

across six countries were identified between 2017 and April 2021

More data?

This data is taken from sources cited in UNESCO-commissioned Working Papers based on more than 800 documents on the ways in which online content is undermining fundamental human rights. Read here

Voices to build an Internet for Trust

Hear experiences, good practices from content moderators, fact-checkers, regulators and others who are on the frontline of combating online harms, making safer online spaces and protecting trustworthy information.

Daniela Duque

Anida Sokol

Alice Colombi

Daniel Motaung

Watch all the videos here

News articles

At UNESCO, a call to regulate digital platforms in the face of online disinformation and hate

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Social media: UNESCO leads global dialogue to improve the reliability of information

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Internet For Trust: UNESCO global conference to tackle online disinformation and hate Speech

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What UNESCO does to protect freedom of expression online

Check our publications and find out more about UNESCO's work to combat disinformation, hate speech and other harmful content spread online.

Publications

World Trends Report in Freedom of Expression and Media Development

Letting the sun shine in: transparency and accountability in the digital age

UNESCO

2021

UNESCO

Balancing act: countering digital disinformation while respecting freedom of expression: Broadband Commission research report on ‘Freedom of Expression and Addressing Disinformation on the Internet'

ITU

2020

UNESCO