ยฉ UNESCO 2020

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

Author
Julie PosettiKalina Bontcheva
Corporate Author
UNESCO
Collation
16 p. (eng)
Resource Language
EnglishFrenchSpanishPortuguese
Year of publication
2020
Keyword
PandemicsAccess to informationDisinformation

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€.