Media Freedom: How Can We Protect the Truth?

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The subject of our Media Freedom Plenary Session is: “Media Freedom; how can we protect the truth?”

The news is in crisis. While the Internet has provided the digital native generation with unprecedented opportunities for communication, it has also unleashed a tsunami of fake news and propaganda.

The Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report of 2018, found that 54% of people agree or strongly agree that they are concerned about what is real and fake on the Internet. This figure rises to 85% in Brazil, 69% in Spain and 64% in the US. Fewer than a quarter (23%) of respondents globally said they trusted the news they found on social media.

More journalists are being killed, with 94 media workers dying in targeted killings, bomb attacks and crossfire during 2018, according to the International Federation of Journalists.

One Young World Ambassador projects are fighting back for freedom of speech. Noorjahan Akbar’s Free Women Writers scheme in Afghanistan provides a platform for 130 contributors and over 100,000 monthly readers. Saeed Atcha’s Xplode magazine project has given media skills to 2,500 schoolchildren aged 10-11 and supported 90 children in creating their own magazines. Nyus Alfred created the Sporte Avis platform for young sports journalists in the Eastern Caribbean.

How can young leaders defend the freedom of the media and safeguard the truth?

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Which OYW summits have you attended before? *

2010, London

2011, Zurich

2012, Pittsburgh

2013, Johannesburg

2014, Dublin

2015, Bangkok

2016, Ottawa

2017. Bogota

2018, The Hague

The 2019, London will be my first One Young World Summit.

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Have you had any personal experiences with media suppression or censorship? *

Have you faced legal consequences as a result of your blogging/journalism/social media posts? *

What do you believe can be done to ensure freedom of the press? *

How are you working towards this? *

Have you engaged with business and government to secure media freedom? *

What do you hope to achieve through the OYW platform? *

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