IPIE SUBMISSION TO THE DEVELOPING UN CODE OF CONDUCT FOR INFORMATION INTEGRITY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS

The IPIE submission offers scientific evidence and recommendations for nine principles of the UN Code of Conduct for Information Integrity on Digital Platforms, emphasizing the need for transparency, researcher data access, and the use of content labelling and corrective information to combat mis- and disinformation.

• Scientific experts identified the most significant barriers to a healthy global information environment as the absence of accuracy and a lack of diverse voices, with secondary concerns including information literacy, digital infrastructure reliability, and media ownership.
• The IPIE identifies content labelling and the provision of corrective information as the two most effective methods for user empowerment and defining features of information integrity.
• There is a critical need for a shift in how digital platforms handle researcher access to data, moving from an "access by request" model to a "disclosure by default" approach to allow for the evaluation of information integrity and the impact of countermeasures.
• The IPIE expresses concern over the adoption of AI-driven content moderation and the spread of mis- and disinformation via AI without sufficient transparency, empirical research, or auditing standards to prevent the infringement of fundamental rights.
• The document highlights a geographic and linguistic imbalance in current research, noting that the majority of sampled publications are in English and research participants are predominantly from the USA.

APA

Glenster, A. K., Howard, P., & Ward, J. (2023). IPIE SUBMISSION TO THE DEVELOPING UN CODE OF CONDUCT FOR INFORMATION INTEGRITY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS. International Panel on the Information Environment. https://www.ipie.info/research/tp-2023-1

Chicago

Glenster, Ann Kristin, Philip Howard, and James Ward. IPIE SUBMISSION TO THE DEVELOPING UN CODE OF CONDUCT FOR INFORMATION INTEGRITY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS. International Panel on the Information Environment, 2023. https://www.ipie.info/research/tp-2023-1.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{glenster2023ipie, author = {Glenster, Ann Kristin and Howard, Philip and Ward, James}, title = {{IPIE SUBMISSION TO THE DEVELOPING UN CODE OF CONDUCT FOR INFORMATION INTEGRITY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS}}, publisher = {International Panel on the Information Environment}, year = {2023}, url = {https://www.ipie.info/research/tp-2023-1}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }