United Nations Global Principles for Information Integrity Framework
Published on 30 Mar 2025
• The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres unveiled the Global Principles for Information Integrity.
• The Framework aims at addressing the escalating threats posed by misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech in the digital realm.
The 5 Principles:
▪ Societal Trust and Resilience: Trust is the confidence in the reliability of information sources, while resilience is the ability to handle disruptions and manipulations.
▪ Healthy Incentives: Creating incentives that promote truthful content and discourage misinformation.
▪ Public Empowerment: Ensuring people have control over their online experience, can make informed media choices, and express themselves freely.
▪ Independent, Free, and Pluralistic Media: The press is free when journalists can report safely and openly, including those in vulnerable and marginalised situations.
▪ Transparency and Research: Technology companies should increase transparency to better understand information spread, personal data use, and risks to information integrity.
