We are in the "information age" ... what matters is who controls the information. The UN is really worried about keeping the fear going, it seems the truth is a "communications crisis"...how Orwellian!
UN spokesperson:
"When COVID-19 emerged, it was clear from the outset this was not just a public health emergency, but a communications crisis as well," says Melissa Flemming, the UN's head of global communications."
"So far,
we've recruited 110,000 information volunteers, and we equip these information volunteers with the kind of knowledge about how misinformation spreads and ask them to serve as kind of 'digital first-responders' in those spaces where misinformation travels," said Flemming.
Also, as a bonus this gem that hasn't aged well: