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PARIS, May 01 (IPS) - Freedom of the press is the cornerstone of democratic society. Without a debate of ideas, without verified facts, without diversity of perspectives, democracy is a shadow of itself; and World Press Freedom Day was established to remind us of this.
What we need to fix this is the buy-in of all the players. Digital companies, big and small, and governments must commit to regulating the right way, Tawfik Jelassi writes.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Calls for online regulation.
In a letter to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called for an end to hate speech and stressed that 'what happened on January 8 in Brasilia was the culmination of an operation that used lies as ammunition.' Hence, he advocated the regulation of digital platforms to address the dissemination of lies and misinformation in the virtual environment.