Internet for Trust

Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms

UNESCO is proud to announce the release of the Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms, available in over !

The Guidelines are the result of an extensive and collaborative effort that started in September 2022. It brought together a wide array of stakeholders through three global consultations, including one held during the Internet for Trust conference organized by UNESCO last February.

The consultative process involved the engagement of people from 134 countries, including marginalized and vulnerable groups, generating over 10,000 comments. This made it one of the most extensive consultation projects ever conducted by a UN agency.

Guidelines for Governance of Digital Platforms

UNESCO

Learn more about the Guidelines

Watch our video to know how the guidelines serve as a tool for governments, digital platforms and civil society organizations to deal with online harms while respecting human rights.

UNESCO/Plastic Horse

A global dialogue to guide the governance of digital platforms

21-23 February 2023, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

UNESCO organized the global conference ��Internet for Trust�� in UNESCO HQ in Paris. The conference served as a multistakeholder forum to consult on?. The conference gathered more than 4,000 participants from over 134 countries.

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Voices to build an Internet for Trust

Hear about the experiences and perspectives 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

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 in 6 months

generated by 10 "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 UNESCO-commissioned?studies?produced by Research ICT Africa, the Signals Network, the Center for Law and Democracy and IPSOS. Read more on ��Research��?here.

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What UNESCO does to protect freedom of expression online

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

Publications

Guidelines for the governance of digital platforms

UNESCO

2023

Technology-facilitated gender-based violence in an era of generative AI

Chowdhury, Rumman

UNESCO

Lakshmi, Dhanya

2023

Platform problems and regulatory solutions: findings from a comprehensive review of existing studies and investigations

Berger, Guy

UNESCO

Gillwald, Alison

Orembo, Elizabeth

Diouf, Dominique

Garcia, Juan Manual

2023

With support of the UNESCO Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP)

World Trends Report in Freedom of Expression and Media Development

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

Puddephatt, Andrew

UNESCO

2021

UNESCO

Balancing act: countering digital disinformation while respecting freedom of expression

Bontcheva, Kalina

UNESCO

Posetti, Julie

International Telecommunication Union

Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development

2020

Broadband Commission research report on ��Freedom of Expression and Addressing Disinformation on the Internet'

ISBN : 978-92-3-100403-2
Collation : 346 pages