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This Information Ecosystem (xy) stakeholder is active in #isic84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security¹.

States shoulder an indispensable responsibility for fortifying the Global Principles for Information Integrity. This begins with State obligations to respect, protect and promote human rights, in particular the right to freedom of expression, including the right to seek, receive and impart information.

States play a central role in shaping information spaces owing to their legal and regulatory authority, control over public resources and ability to build domestic and international coalitions, among other factors. As part of their human rights obligations, States must protect against human rights abuses within their territory and/or jurisdiction by businesses, taking appropriate steps to prevent, investigate, punish and redress such abuse through effective policies, legislation, regulations and adjudication.

States have different technical and financial capacities when engaging with the information ecosystem. Gaps in infrastructure and in access to technology and financial resources have contributed to a digital divide. At the same time, many large technology companies, while achieving near global market penetration and dominance, are based in a small number of countries in the global North.

To ensure that all States can contribute to and benefit from the information ecosystem, urgent and sustained initiatives are needed to increase the ability of States to expand digital connectivity, proactively head off the potential emergence of an “AI divide” and strengthen their capacities to adequately address risks in information spaces, while respecting human rights. Ultimately, these efforts will strengthen information integrity, promote human rights and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

For this stakeholder, the UN Global Principles for Information Integrity - Next Steps gives these recommendations:

• #gpii84a - Respect, protect and promote human rights(j)
• #gpii84b - Safeguard integrity(xy,j)
• #gpii84c - Protect populations(j)
• #gpii84d - Provide access to information(j,xy)
• #gpii84e - Ensure media freedom(j,xy)
• #gpii84f - Protect researchers and civil society(j)
• #gpii84g - Provide transparency(j)
• #gpii84h - Strengthen global solidarity, capacity-building and development assistance(j,xy)
• #gpii84i - Promote political participation(j,xy)
• #gpii84j - Prioritize inclusive, public-interest research(xy)
• #gpii84k - Foster literacy(j,xy)
• #gpii84l - Empower children, parents, guardians and educators(j,xy)

Source : United Nations Global Principles For Information Integrity