The role of the media in times of crisis

Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 15437 | 22 January 2022

Signatories:

Mr Andrey EPISHIN, Russian Federation, NR ; Mr Aleksandr BASHKIN, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Maria BUTINA, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Olga KAZAKOVA, Russian Federation, NR ; Mr Sergey KISLYAK, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Irina RUKAVISHNIKOVA, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Svetlana ZHUROVA, Russian Federation, NR

Origin

2022 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 13.3, at the end insert the following sentence:

"These fact-checking mechanisms should be human-rights compliant, contain clear and efficient appeal provisions and checks against possible misuse aimed at providing unfair advantages to some media while disadvantaging others".

Explanatory note

Fact-checking services of social networks are increasingly becominga tool for the prosecution of objectionable media and the removal of theirpublications under the pretext of combating disinformation.