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Wednesday 17 January 2024

Ursula von der Leyen hopes EU Digital Services Act will tackle WEF’s top concern: The truth getting out

 For the global business community, the top concern for the next two years is not conflict or climate, it is disinformation and misinformation, Ursula von der Leyen said.

The President of the European Commission said this while giving a “special address” on the second day of the World Economic Forum’s (”WEF’s”) annual meeting being held in Davos this week. The theme of the meeting this year is “rebuilding trust,” which is wishful thinking.

“These risks, [disinformation and misinformation], are serious,” von der Leyen said, “because they limit our ability to tackle the big global challenges we are facing. Changes in our climate and our geopolitical climate shifts in our demography and in our technology.”

You can watch von der Leyen’s “special address” on WEF’s website HERE and you can read a transcript published by WEF HERE, although it’s probably not advisable to trust that WEF has transcribed it accurately, completely and/or truthfully....<<<Read More>>>...