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How we can make our information ecosystem more humane

For the past three years, my team and I have been working on a set of recommendations to guide action for a healthier information…

Jul 17

How we can make our information ecosystem more humane

Jul 17

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We just witnessed the deadliest shipwreck in years. The world barely flinched.

It’s a date that should go down in history — a stain on our collective conscience. On June 14th, 2023, the Adriana, a fishing boat…

Jul 6, 2023

We just witnessed the deadliest shipwreck in years. The world barely flinched.

Jul 6, 2023

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A More Humane Internet

The United Nations is part of a growing movement advocating a more humane internet — one that puts data empowerment and democracy at the…

Oct 28

A More Humane Internet

Oct 28

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Civilians & Humanitarian Workers are Dying in Record Numbers.

From Gaza to Sudan to Ukraine, civilians and those who risk life and limb every day to help them are dying in record numbers. This World…

Aug 19

Civilians & Humanitarian Workers are Dying in Record Numbers.

Aug 19

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How to stop advertisers from unwittingly funding disinformation

Online ads from top global firms keep appearing alongside dangerous mis- and disinformation. But firms deny responsibility for financing…

Aug 7

How to stop advertisers from unwittingly funding disinformation

Aug 7

Melissa Fleming

Calling Time on Fossil Fuel Ads

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a global ban on fossil fuel advertising. The step is both bold and…

Jun 18

Calling Time on Fossil Fuel Ads

Jun 18

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Breaking the Silence: Strategies for Drawing Attention to Sudan’s Forgotten Crisis

April 15 marked a full year since a devastating conflict returned with full force to Sudan. The violence and related humanitarian…

Apr 17

Breaking the Silence: Strategies for Drawing Attention to Sudan’s Forgotten Crisis

Apr 17

Melissa Fleming

Famine is imminent in Gaza. We need a humanitarian ceasefire — now.

Five months into the devastating war in Gaza, humanitarians are increasingly both heartbroken and frustrated as they face obstacles and…

Mar 19

Famine is imminent in Gaza. We need a humanitarian ceasefire — now.

Mar 19

Melissa Fleming

How AI is boosting disinformation

Hate and lies are already polluting our digital information ecosystems, but generative AI tools could be about to make things dramatically…

Feb 7

How AI is boosting disinformation

Feb 7

Melissa Fleming

“Dying before the eyes of the world”

Dec 29, 2023

“Dying before the eyes of the world”

Dec 29, 2023

Melissa Fleming

Melissa Fleming

Chief Communicator #UnitedNations promoting a peaceful, sustainable, just & humane world. Author: A Hope More Powerful than the Sea. Podcast: Awake at Night.

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