The international platform of the Forum on Information and Democracy, which brings together 11 organizations, is concerned about the economic health of the information sector, shaken by the digital revolution and the health crisis.
In a report, she calls on democratic countries to act financially.
Is there a need for a "New deal", like the policy of modernization and economic recovery put in place by American President Franklin D. Roosevelt after the 1929 crisis, for information?
In any case, this is the request formulated in a report by the Forum on Information and Democracy.
This international platform, created in 2019, brings together 11 non-governmental organizations, including Reporters Without Borders.
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0.1% of GDP to save information
Concretely, the Forum on Information and Democracy calls on democratic countries to devote a very small part of their GDP, only 0.1%, to the information sector.
Which, on a global scale, can be a lot of money.
The objective is to come to the aid of a sector weakened by digital changes and the health crisis.
This is one of the recommendations made in a report released on Wednesday.
It remains to be seen, who will seize it.
42 countries have signed the international partnership on information and democracy.
Emmanuel Macron had received at the Elysee a delegation from the Forum on Information and Democracy in September 2018.