UN Secretary-General António Guterres said yesterday that blatant lies are being spread online at a terrifying rate and the antidote to this pandemic of misinformation is fact-based news and analysis.
In his remarks to High-Level Dialogue on Press
Freedom and Tackling Disinformation in the COVID-19 Context, the Secretary-General said that along with the pandemic, we are seeing a dangerous outbreak of misinformation, from harmful health advice and hate speech to wild conspiracy theories.