Under-Secretary-General Fleming, who is in charge of communications at the United Nations, responded to an interview with NHK about the invasion of Ukraine. and expressed a strong sense of urgency.
Deputy Secretary-General Fleming, who is visiting Japan, responded to an NHK interview in Tokyo on the 6th.
In it, regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he said on SNS, ``Disinformation is always present in war, but this time it is spreading around the world at a tremendous speed through SNS. He showed a strong sense of crisis about the spread of a large amount of false information.
He also warned that aid activities could be hampered by ``obviously false information is being circulated that people who have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries are causing food prices to soar and families to be divided.'' pointed out.
In addition, regarding the fact that Elon Musk, who advocates the realization of "freedom of speech," has acquired Twitter and is reviving suspended accounts, he said, "Posts about false information, hate speech, and racism are rapidly increasing. Especially in developing countries, dangerous information spreads as it is and reaches people," he said, expressing concern that it could develop into violence and conflict.
Under-Secretary-General Fleming, in order to counter false information as the United Nations, has been focusing on disseminating information on the Internet that is easily accepted by the younger generation, and disseminating information in the languages of each country through influential "influencers" on SNS. We are planning to add