Disinfodemic: Deciphering COVID-19 Disinformation (Policy Brief; 1)

Author
Julie PosettiKalina Bontcheva
Corporate Author
UNESCO
Collation
16 p.
Resource Language
EnglishFrenchSpanishPortuguese
Year of publication
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 โ€œpublic access to information and fundamental freedomsโ€.