Mainstream media have produced extraordinary and sustained coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on health, care-workers, and government policies, as well as the impact on individuals and communities. The same cannot be said for social media, which have been the source of misinformation and fake news, amplifying rumour and stoking fear.
Par Mathilde Kpalla
Le Togo, comme la plupart des pays de l’Afrique subsahariens, est touché par le COVID-19. Pour le moment (mars 2020) pas à une grande échelle. Ainsi le Togo en est à 84 cas confirmés et 6 décès.
This treaty aims to protect and promote the historical regional or minority languages of Europe. It was adopted, on the one hand, in order to maintain and to develop the Europe’s cultural traditions and heritage, and on the other, to respect an inalienable and commonly recognised right to use a regional or minority language in private and public life.
By Lorenzo Vargas
New models to fund and sustain the public interest media that the Internet disrupted are urgently needed. COVID-19 reminds us of just how pressing this need is.
By Just Net Coalition
The Digital Justice Manifesto, “A Call to Own Our Digital Future”, was launched in Berlin in November 2019 by the Just Net Coalition, a global network of civil society organizations and individuals, including the World Association for Christian Communication. The coalition was founded at a meeting in New Delhi in 2014, which agreed “The Delhi Declaration for a Just and Equitable Internet”.
he General Conference of UNESCO, recognizing the importance of promoting multilingualism and equitable access to information and knowledge, especially in the public domain, adopted the following Recommendation at its 32nd session (30 September – 17 October 2003).