Fri Feb 10, 2023 – 2:00 pm EST
NEW YORK CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Twitter owner Elon Musk blasted the United Nations as a perpetrator of disinformation, in response to the international body’s secretary-general calling for “action from everywhere” to curb it.
On February 6, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres delivered remarks on the institution’s “priorities for 2023.” Among them is “respect for diversity and the universality of cultural rights,” which he claimed “become meaningless if one culture or group is elevated over another.”
“Social media platforms use algorithms that amplify toxic ideas and funnel extremist views into the mainstream,” Guterres said. “Advertisers finance this business model. Some platforms tolerate hate speech – the first step towards hate crimes.”
In response, the U.N. will “call for action from everyone with influence on the spread of mis- and disinformation on the internet – Governments, regulators, policymakers, technology companies, the media, civil society” – to “Stop the hate. Set up strong guardrails. Be accountable for language that causes harm.”
As part of these efforts, Guterres mentioned the UN’s Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech, which advocates a “coordinated response” to “any kind of communication in speech, writing, or
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