How much more fake news will we allow to be spread without states defending the public digitalspaces? We have come together with alacrity to defend the right of states to tax across thedigital space but we are not prepared to come together quickly to defend the right of our citizensnot to be duped by fake news in that same space.

Les fausses informations //véhiculées çà et là, par les réseaux sociaux et à travers des canaux fiables et non officiels, //n’ont d’autre objectif que de nuire à un climat serein au sein de nos iles //et saper les efforts engagés pour l’émergence de l’Union des Comores

Right now,millions of people are also being overwhelmed by a dangerous infodemic. It toocausesmuch suffering and contributes to many untimely deaths.Therefore,I would like to congratulatethe efforts of the United Nations, especiallyby the Verified campaign, infighting misinformation and disinformation.They pose an evergreater threat to oursocieties.To counter variouskinds ofmanipulations, we needaholistic approach and concrete new ways to get better in detecting, analyzing,and exposing disinformation