Africa-Press – Cape verde. Portugal’s ambassador in Cabo Verde, Paulo Lourenço, said today in Praia that it is necessary to reinforce the factual journalism to combat the “pandemic” of misinformation.
The diplomat stated this statement at the opening of the conference alluding to the commemoration of Press Freedom Day, under the slogan “Shaping a future of rights – freedom of expression as the engine of all other human rights”, held by the Association of Cape Verdean Journalists (AJOC).
“We need to strengthen factual, rigorous and ethical journalism, based on news and verification, which is unanimously considered as the antidote to this pandemic of disinformation by the frantic circulation of information by digital platforms,” he specified.
According to Paulo Lourenço, this “mission is vital” for social cohesion and to stop the setback, which some consider “unprecedented”, in terms of the guarantee of human rights.
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