THROWBACK: Guterres dubs digital platforms ‘DANGER’ as he unveils UN’s policy brief on information integrity Social networks like X endanger the global agenda, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres claimed in 2023. He pointed to the UN’s Policy Brief on Information Integrity on Digital Platforms, which urged governments to: ️Enforce strict online censorship ️Implement EU-style speech laws ️Submit to a UN-run observatory that will monitor compliance and regulate what’s acceptable to say The document’s goal? It’s seen as a mechanism to help the UN quietly lobby for information control. Meanwhile, some countries seem to have adhered to the document already. Source: Geopolitics Prime
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