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Disinfodemic: Deciphering COVID-19 Disinformation (Policy Brief; 1)
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Paris | 2020 | 16 p.
Author: 
Julie Posetti; Kalina Bontcheva
Corporate author: 
UNESCO
Region: 
Global
© UNESCO 2020

The purpose of this brief is to provide a structure for understanding the COVID-19 disinfodemic and the responses to it, highlighting practices which have a bearing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the right to health and the right to freedom of expression. SDG 16.10 calls for “public access to information and fundamental freedoms”.

 

Resource Type: 
International normative instruments / policy and advocacy documents
Theme: 
Civic / Citizenship / Democracy
Media & information literacy / digital citizenship
Others
Level of education: 
Non-formal education
Other