World Press Freedom Day

  The UN briefing titled Strengthening Information Integrity: Advertising, Artificial Intelligence and the Global Information Crisis  calls on policymakers to align governance frameworks for AI and advertising with international standards on information integrity , and to work with industry and civil society to improve transparency . For advertisers, it recommends demanding greater visibility across AI supply chains , prioritizing quality media environments and using financial leverage to push platforms towards creating stronger safeguards for users and consumers . Evidence cited in the brief suggests that improving transparency in media buying can deliver double-digit gains in advertising performance – underscoring that responsible practices can also align with good business.

The brief titled Strengthening Information Integrity: Advertising, Artificial Intelligence and the Global Information Crisis highlights several growing risks . AI is accelerating the spread of disinformation , hate speech and polarising content, while advertising revenue continues to fund online material – regardless of its quality or accuracy. At the same time, a lack of transparency in how AI-driven advertising systems work is raising concerns about fraud and inefficiency. The rise of AI-generated content also threatens the viability of independent journalism , the report notes, warning that declining trust in digital environments is already undermining the effectiveness of ad campaigns . The brief stresses that these are not only societal concerns but direct business risks . As audiences lose trust in the platforms where ads appear , engagement drops and returns on investment decline. “Brands are under pressure to move fast on AI, but doing so without guardrails risks undermini...

  With spending on advertising topping $1 trillion a year worldwide , the United Nations on Wednesday highlighted the untapped power of major brands to shape the future of Artificial Intelligence , warning that a failure to act could deepen a global information integrity crisis. In a new brief titled Strengthening Information Integrity: Advertising, Artificial Intelligence and the Global Information Crisis , the Department of Global Communications and the Conscious Advertising Network caution that unchecked AI adoption in advertising is accelerating risks across the whole digital information ecosystem . The brief notes that the advertising industry sits at the centre of how information flows online , with its spending decisions influencing which content is produced, amplified and monetised . As AI tools become embedded in media buying and content generation, those dynamics are intensifying. “Advertising funds the systems that help shape what people see, trust and believe....

The Co-Chairs of the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance, Egriselda López, Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the UN and Rein Tammsaar, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN, together with Amandeep Gill, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, will brief the media in Geneva. Watch the press Briefing: Global Dialogue on AI Governance! Press Conferences

The UNESCO’s World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development Report 2022-2025 reveals a 10% decline in freedom of expression worldwide since 2012 – a level not seen in decades. The report also sounds the alarm that in the same period self-censorship increased significantly among journalists, rising 63%, at a rate of about 5% per year. Attacks against journalists are on the rise During the reporting period (2022-2025), 186 journalists were killed while covering wars and conflict zones – a 67% increase compared to the previous period covered by the report (2018-2021). In 2025 alone, 93 journalists have been killed, of these 60 were killed in conflict zones. Despite international commitments to end impunity for killing journalists, accountability is rare. While there has been modest progress - with impunity rates dropping from 95% in 2012 to 85% in 2024 - most perpetrators still go unpunished. Today, journalists face a wide and growing range of attacks - physical, digital, ...

Following the 2024 edition of its annual report on cybercrime phenomena, the Magna Grecia Foundation returns to address an issue of growing urgency within the analysis of organized crime: the relationship between criminal networks and the digital sphere . The analysis presented by the Magna Grecia Foundation constitutes a valuable tool not only for understanding the cultural logics underpinning these practices but also for fostering a more conscious public debate . This conference aims to serve as an interdisciplinary forum, a platform for dialogue among scholars, institutions, and law enforcement . This second conference—and the accompanying new research—seek to reaffirm a clear message: organized crime is already embedded in the digital sphere. Ignoring or underestimating this reality means conceding further ground. Understanding the languages, aesthetics, and dynamics of this online criminal cultural ecosystem is not an academic exercise but a strategic necessity. It is time to ...