Thread by @artisbrutal2021

An Information Integrity on Digital Platforms report from Antonio Guterres , one of the most corrupt people at the UN.

Why, I'll just dive right on in..

https://twitter.com/UN/status/1668272695774007299

"Many victims of COVID-19
refused to get vaccinated or take basic health pre-
cautions after being exposed to mis- and disinfor-
mation online"

Reference used:
Michael A Gisondi et al, “A deadly infodemic: social media & the power of COVID-19 misinformation”,

jmir.org/2022/2/e35552
Michael A Gisondi, MD
The Precision Education and Assessment Research Lab
Department of Emergency Medicine
Stanford University

"Around the world, a child goes online
for the first time every half second, putting them at
risk of exposure to online hate speech and harm, in
some cases affecting their mental health."

Ref: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), “Protecting children online”, 23 June 2022.

UNICEF?
unicef.org/protection/vio…

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1554053059017334784

"In a 2022 report, the Special Rapporteur [Irene Khan] on the promotion & protection of the right to freedom
of opinion and expression examined the impact
of weaponized information in sowing confusion,
feeding hate, inciting violence & prolonging
conflict"
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…

"Information pollution was identified as a significant concern by 75 per cent of United Nations Development
Programme country offices in a 2021 survey.."..

Ref: UNESCO, working papers on digital governance and the challenges for trust and safety.

unesco.org/en/internet-co…

" UNESCO-commissioned research by the Social Media Insights Lab at the University of Carolina in 2022 found a significantly increasing trend in online mentions of the terms “fake news”, “misinformation” and “disinformation”"

"During the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a deluge of mis-
and disinformation about the virus, public health
measures and vaccines began to circulate on-
line"

Ref: See Julie Posetti & Kalina Bontcheva, “Disinfodemic: deciphering COVID-19 disinformation” policy brief

en.unesco.org/covid19/disinf…
Julie Posetti #ICIJ

w/ Marianna Spring 👇

ijnet.org/en/story/onlin…

"Certain actors exploited the confusion for
their own objectives,with anti-vaccine campaigners driving users to sites selling fake cures or
preventive measures"

Ref: Center for Countering Digital Hate, Pandemic Profiteers: The Business of Anti-Vaxx (2021)
counterhate.com/research/pande…

Center for Countering Digital Hate ?

🧵👇

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1644520511823659009

"Some digital platforms have faced criticism of their role in conflicts, including the ongoing war in Ukraine"

Ref: United Nations News, “Hate speech: a growing, international threat”, 2023, & “Digital technology, social media fuelling hate speech like never before, ..”, 2022

news.un.org/en/story/2023/…

> "storming of the US capital"

"A small but vocal minority of climate science denialists continue to reject the consensus position and command an outsized presence on some digital platforms."

Ref: John Cook, “Deconstructing climate science denial”, in Research Handbook in Communicating Climate Change,.."

"Cook reported that Abraham et al. (2014) had summarized how papers containing denialist claims, such as claims of cooling in satellite measurements or estimates of low climate sensitivity, have
been robustly refuted in the scientific literature."

theguardian.com/environment/cl…

"Disinformation can be a deliberate tactic of ideologically influenced media outlets co-opted by political &corporate interests."

ref: EU Disinfo Lab, “The role of “media” in producing and spreading disinformation campaigns”, 2021
disinfo.eu/publications/t…

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1625538869587329035

EU Disinfo Lab board member:
Emma LE MESURIER
> White Helmets

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1551149494640807936

EU Disinfo Lab board member:
Gregory Rohde 🤔

e-copernicus.com/about/