Crash Course Lesson 2 - Portal Check

Which United Nations organization is mandated to protect and promote freedom of expression?

UNICEF

WHO

UNESCO

UNHCR

In which article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is freedom of expression included?

Article 1

Article 19

Article 23

Article 8

What is freedom of expression?

It is the human right to express oneself without restrictions without considering the risk or discrimination to which it may subject other people.

It is the declaration that allows governments to control the media.

It is the Law that allows the creation of communication media.

It is the right to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas regardless of frontiers.

Hate speech refers to:

Inciting discrimination, hostility or violence based on race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, minorities, among others.

Expressions that can be said provoked by hatred.

Highlight the negative characteristics of people.

Persuading other people from a position of power.

The main strategies to combat mis/disinformation are:

Technological solutions, online activity registration, periodic censuses, centralization of information.

Judicial solutions, stricter laws and regulations, prohibition and censorship.

Fact-checking, private financing of journalistic media, privacy controls and media exposure.

Fact-checking, journalistic investigation solutions, judicial solutions, technological solutions

Access to information is:

The right of the authorities over private information.

The right to seek, receive and impart information produced by public bodies.

The human right to freedom of thought.

The right to participate in the government of your country.

Crash course about disinformation