Fake news --- Teresa, in my experience with the ICRC, public advocacy is not the weapon of choice of humanitarian agencies. We use it mainly for campaigns against the use of cluster munitions and the like. And we will certainly not call anybody a liar in Social media. But the simple fact that a humanitarian organization of repute would share its understanding of a situation would play a positive role. And let us not forget that in a situation of armed conflict for instance, antagonising publicly one of the parties to the conflict might have very serious repercussions on the security of your action in the field.

Source author: Jean-Michel Monod jmmonod@yahoo.com