During a World Economic Forum “Freedom of the Press Panel” on Thursday, journalists and rights group heads complained about the way social media has allowed anyone to speak without “journalistic accountability” and called for social media companies to be held accountable when their algorithms promote “rumors”, “falsehoods”, “hate speech”, and “divisiveness”.
The panel was held in collaboration with legacy media outlet TIME magazine whose Editor-in-Chief and Chief Executive Officer, Edward Felsenthal, opened the panel by stating that the discussion would focus on central issues such as freedom of the press, restrictions on it, “the crisis of truth”, and “misinformation around the world”
Christophe Deloire, Secretary-General of Reporters Without Borders, followed up by highlighting the increased physical threats journalists face around the world with some journalists being killed and more than 400 journalists in jail. However, he then took aim at so-called...
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