UN To Launch ‘Pause’ Initiative To Counter Misinformation

The UN is going to a campaign to fight misinformation, particularly that on COVID-19 pandemic, telling people who are about to retransmit social media content to pause, a senior official

The UN is going to a campaign to fight misinformation, particularly that on COVID-19 pandemic, telling people who are about to retransmit social media content to pause, a senior official.

The ‘Pause’ initiative will be launched on Tuesday to coincide with Social Media Day.

The idea of the initiative, ‘Pause’, is for people to “take care before you share”, Xinhua news agency quoted Undersecretary-General Melissa Fleming, head of the UN Department of Global Communications, as saying on Monday.

She said the UN will work with social media platforms and technology companies to address the issue.

“Obviously, changing personal behaviour does help. But it’s not enough. Misinformation is spreading like a virus. It’s playing into people’s fears.

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