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‘Safe digital public square’ never more important, says Türk

·May 27, 2023·1 min read

Volker Türk was issuing a clarion call to protect and expand civic space, arguing that it’s the only way to enable us all “to play a role in political, economic, and social life, at all levels, from local to global.” Hate speech going unchecked He said with more and more...

2/3 of digital content creators do not fact-check, UNESCO survey reveals

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·November 28, 2024·1 min read

The findings come at a critical moment when social media influencers have become primary sources of news and cultural information for global audiences, yet 62 percent lack basic fact-checking practices. “Digital content creators have acquired an important place in the information ecosystem, engaging millions of people with cultural, social or...

AI-powered art puts ‘digital environmentalism’ on display at UN Headquarters

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·September 22, 2024·2 min read

Abstract shapes in green, orange and white flow into and out of each other in an endless, never-repeating pattern, combined with ambient music that induces a hypnotizing effect on those who stare at it a little too long (like this writer). It’s pretty hard for delegates at High-Level Week and...

Bridging the divide: General Assembly President on UN reforms and Africa’s digital future

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·February 8, 2025·4 min read

In an interview with UN News, Philémon Yang, President of the General Assembly expressed particular concern for the challenges faced by African countries, and the need to bridge the development divide between the Global South and the developed world. The interview took place shortly after a Security Council meeting on...

Building a digital army: UN peacekeepers fight deadly disinformation

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·August 19, 2023·4 min read

Designing ways to fight back against falsehoods that can trigger tensions, violence, or even death, the UN has been monitoring how mis- and disinformation and hate speech can attack health, security, stability as well as progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “It has become clear that business as usual...

COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the sector’s emissions is key

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·November 17, 2024·2 min read

On the first-ever ‘Digitalisation Day’ for a UN climate conference, the COP29 Declaration on Green Digital Action received endorsements from more than 1,000 governments, companies, civil society organizations, international and regional organizations, and other stakeholders. Pluses and minuses According to the UN International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which organized today’s digital...

Cracking the code to a fairer digital future for women

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·March 8, 2023·3 min read

Despite the increasing digitalization of everyone’s daily lives, the digital gender gap has grown; globally around 63 per cent of women have access to the internet today, compared to 69 per cent of men. Across all areas of digital technology, women and girls remain under-represented, from coding and creating, to...

Digital technology new source of discrimination against women: Guterres

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·March 13, 2023·5 min read

The town hall with representatives from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was held as part of the annual session of the UN Committee on the Status of Women (CSW), which meets in New York every March. Its latest two-week session – known as CSW67, which runs through Friday – is focused...

Guterres calls for end to digital divide, stressing ‘tremendous opportunities’ ahead

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·May 18, 2023·2 min read

That’s the message from UN chief António Guterres ahead of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on Thursday. Mr. Guterres insisted on the need to confront technology’s perils, including the amplification of economic inequalities, the proliferation of hate speech and disinformation, as well as the lack of governance and unchecked...

Health, education, opportunity at stake, amid stubborn digital gender divide

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·April 24, 2025·2 min read

Closing this gap is not optional. There were189 million fewer women than men online in 2024. The disparity is about more than access, it reflects deeper systemic barriers, according to Doreen Bogdan-Martin who heads the UN telecommunications agency, ITU. “That’s too many missed opportunities to learn, to earn and...

Human rights must anchor the digital age, says UN’s Türk

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·July 8, 2025·1 min read

Digital technologies have the potential to drive progress and strengthen rights, including connecting people, improving access to health and education, and much more. But the pace of their evolution also poses serious risks, warned Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – from restrictions on free expression and privacy...

INTERVIEW: AI expert warns of ‘digital colonization’ in Africa

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·January 3, 2024·4 min read

One of 38 people members of the new UN advisory body on machine learning, Mr. Ndiaye spoke with UN News about the landscape ahead, building on his experience in helping to drive Senegal’s digital transformation in higher education, serving as an expert to the African Union in drafting the Pan-African Strategy...