Modern technology allows fake news to reach billions of people: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Amr Yehia
The activities of the fourth edition of the international forum "Dialogue about Fakes " concluded yesterday in Moscow, with the participation of more than 2,000 experts and journalists from 80 countries,
During the forum which was held at the National Centre of Russia , plenary session was held with titled "International Cooperation in the Information Sphere: From Individual Projects to Unified Cognitive Sovereignty."
In his opening remarks , Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that modern technology allows any piece of news, even if unverified or clearly fake, to be disseminated to millions, if not billions of people, considering that Western officials are exploiting this environment to "derail the creation of a just multipolar world order."
He stressed that fake news has become a routine Western tool to undermine competitors, and that Western efforts to obfuscate and distort the truth reflect a fear of fair competition in almost all fields, whether through unilateral sanctions, tariffs, or diplomatic pressure in international organizations.
Lavrov stressed the lack of credibility of Western media narratives, by promoting without evidence the claim that Russian drones are operating over European Union territory, noting that such reports often later turn out to show that the drone was not Russian, or was Ukrainian, or its identity could not be determined.
Vladimir Tabak, President of the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN), officially announced the establishment of an international representative office of the network, to be headquartered in the Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Tabak said: "We can now definitively announce the opening of our first international office in Dubai. While Russia is certainly the base for this project, because we position it as an international initiative, we wanted it to have an additional focal point for representatives of different countries, diverse media outlets, and various projects."
He added that the Dubai hub will expand opportunities for hosting global events and facilitating direct communication among industry participants.
The head of the network said that the cross-border nature of disinformation and the dangerous legal vacuum surrounding information conflicts require clear rules and regulations for the global information space.
He said: "For example, there are regulations prohibiting the use of certain types of weapons during warfare. Is there a single regulation that allows us to somehow govern the conduct of information wars? No."
As an example of unacceptable information influence operations that require international regulation and a definitive ban, Tabak cited the activities of fraudulent call centers used to coerce minors into committing crimes against themselves or others
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