International Declaration on Information & Democracy
 International Declaration on Information & Democracy  | |
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| Type | declaration |
| Publication date | 2019 |
| Author(s) | • Forum on Information & Democracy • Shirin Ebadi • Francis Fukuyama • Mario Vargas Llosa • Navi Pillay • Maria Ressa • Joseph Stiglitz |
| Source | Link |
| Coated in the language of "freedom of expression", the declaration is in reality a project to implement online censorship. | |
These are the signatories to the International Declaration on Information & Democracy, a plan for censorship of the internet by the Forum on Information & Democracy. Coated in the language of "freedom of expression", the declaration is in reality a project to implement online censorship.
Overview
The signatories envisage the censorship to be done by corporate gatekeepers. They state that "the right to information consists of the freedom to seek, receive and access reliable information," where internet platforms shall "implement mechanisms that favour visibility of reliable information."[1]
According to the declaration, the way something is defined as reliable will be decided by "verification methods", presumably "fact checkers" financed by governments and corporations.[1]
Signatories
Christophe Deloire,Shirin Ebadi,Emily Bell,Yochai Benkler,Teng Biao,Nighat Dad,Primavera De Filippi,Mireille Delmas-Marty,Abdou Diouf,Can Dündar,Francis Fukuyama,Ulrik Haagerup,Hauwa Ibrahim,Ann Marie Lipinski,Adam Michnik,Eli Pa,Antoine Petit,Navi Pillay,Maria Ressa,Amartya Sen,Joseph E. Stiglitz,Mario Vargas Llosa,Marina Walker,Aidan White, Mikhail Zygar.[1]
Many of the signatories have a spooky background, while others are from the "human rights" complex (promoting spooky agendas under the guise of championing "human rights").
