{"id":1628,"date":"2026-09-29T01:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T01:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2026-09-29T01:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T01:10:27","slug":"unesco-calls-for-stronger-access-to-reliable-information-in-the-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/blog\/2026\/09\/29\/unesco-calls-for-stronger-access-to-reliable-information-in-the-digital-age\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Calls for Stronger Access to Reliable Information in the Digital Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bareen Media &#8211; UNESCO is marking the International Day for Universal Access to Information on September 28, with a focus this year on protecting information integrity and ensuring access to reliable information in the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 global conference, held in Sierra Leone from September 28 to 30, is focusing on how access to timely and credible information can help counter misinformation and improve public decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">UNESCO says access to information is essential for informed decisions, human rights, inclusion and social progress. The organisation also highlights the importance of strong laws, independent oversight and effective systems for people to obtain public information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency has warned that the rapid spread of false and manipulated information, including content generated with artificial intelligence, has increased pressure on journalists, public institutions and audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNESCO says independent journalism, fact-checking, media literacy and stronger access-to-information systems are important tools for protecting the public\u2019s right to reliable information and maintaining trust in the information environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bareen Media &#8211; UNESCO is marking the International Day for Universal Access to Information on September 28, with a focus this year on protecting information integrity and ensuring access to reliable information in the digital age. The 2026 global conference, held in Sierra Leone from September 28 to 30, is focusing on how access to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,43,29],"tags":[300,338,305,337],"class_list":["post-1628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","category-technology-and-science","category-world","tag-access-to-information","tag-freedom-of-information","tag-media-freedom","tag-unesco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1630,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions\/1630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}