The Anti-Disinformation Commission today held its organizational session chaired by Science Minister Ison Etchevery. Radio y Diario Universidad de Chile spoke to one of the members of the delegation, Leonel Brossi, Educator of Communication and Image at our Education House, who addressed the first discussions at the event.

According to Researcher and Information Quality SpecialistThe working order was raised in the constitutional session and the The scope of this body is defined by consensus. According to Prosi, all documents and analyzes produced in this space will be in the public records, “where all citizens can access the established consensus.”

Anti-Disinformation Commission Generates two statements: will be first Detection of misinformation at global and local levels. Meanwhile, the second document will focus Digital Literacy “Regarding How to Deal with Misinformation and Recommendations for Public Policy”.

“Within the consensus, it was agreed that the media is excluded from these analyzes or these documents and that we are going to rely on digital platforms. Which platform is going to be discussed will be defined in a future session, in principle we are talking about social networks. We will work on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence that can be developed,” he explained.

A researcher in artificial intelligence and society also recognized it Talking about misinformation and freedom of expression is soft, but he assured members of this space that they will protect this human right.. “There is complete consensus, there is no debate, and in our diagnoses and recommendations they are always in line with unrestricted respect for freedom of expression,” he stressed.

“Under no circumstances are we going to analyze the news or the evidence in the sense of deciding what is true or what is false,” he added. Therefore, he insisted that the diagnosis would be technical in nature There will be no recommendations based on traditional media “Neither in paper version nor in digital version”.

“It is the absolute consensus of all members of the commission that we are not going to work on media, only social media platforms and emerging technologies,” he reiterated.

What are the challenges faced by the Anti-Disinformation Commission?

For academics from the University of Chile, the challenges of this workplace are many, but the debate is absolutely necessary and healthy, he said, because “misinformation is not agreed on how to address it.” .

“We have a mandate that acknowledges how we stand on the definition and concept of misinformation, and we understand that it has many edges,” he said. In this sense, he explained it The Chilean context regarding this phenomenon shows the need to address this problem at the local level.

“For example: risk communication. We are in a country that is highly affected by natural disasters. How do misinformation dynamics arise in these contexts and what damage can they do to individuals and communities?”, he highlighted.

In this way, the Anti-Disinformation Commission will work along these lines, said Brossi. “Based on the global diagnosis, we are going to enter the specifics on which the generation of local and public policies should focus their efforts regarding these issues,” he said.