Countering disinformation, propaganda, and misinformation in Latin America and the Caribbean, and calling for multi-stakeholder efforts to address the significant detrimental effects that the rise in disinformation, propaganda, and misinformation in regional information environments has on democratic governance, human rights, and United States national interests.
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Latest Action · September 19, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This is a congressional resolution expressing the House of Representatives' concern about false information and propaganda spreading throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The resolution identifies disinformation campaigns originating from multiple sources, including foreign governments like China and Russia, authoritarian regimes in the region, domestic political actors, and "disinformation for hire" operations. It specifically documents how false information has interfered with elections, incited violence against migrants, undermined democratic institutions, and spread harmful narratives about COVID-19 and other major issues. The resolution calls on social media companies to invest more resources in detecting and removing Spanish-language false content, improve transparency about their content moderation practices, and work with local fact-checkers and election officials. It also urges Latin American governments to strengthen independent media and media literacy while avoiding censorship methods that restrict free speech, and calls on the U.S. government to increase support for countering disinformation through the State Department, USAID, and international media outlets, including hosting regional forums and a technology challenge to address the problem.
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