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Disinformation/American Diplomacy: Respect the freedom of the media

2024-04-18 18:50:00, Aktualitet CNA
Disinformation/American Diplomacy: Respect the freedom of the media
David Wisner

The US Chargé d'affaires in Tirana, David Wisner, during his interview for the Voice of America, spoke about the issue of disinformation, as well as the memorandum of understanding that Secretary Blinken signed during his visit in February.

The American diplomat emphasized that disinformation and misinformation are causing a real challenge for the United States, our partners and allies in NATO.

Also, Wisner said that any effort to tackle disinformation must take into account, and respect, the norms of freedom of speech and freedom of the media.

VOA:  Socialist majority approves disinformation commission to combat malign influence on democratic processes. The majority said that the commission is also the result of the memorandum of understanding that Secretary Blinken signed during his visit in February. Is this true and what do you say to those who raise concerns about possible threats to media freedom?

David Wisner:  You mentioned the Secretary's trip, which was an important moment, not only for this embassy, ??but for Albania-US relations.

And during that trip, Secretary and Foreign Minister Hassan signed a memorandum, which I encourage your followers, if you would like, you can go online and you can find details on the agreement.

If you visit the website of the Center for Global Engagement at the Department of State, you can read all about it. It is an extremely important issue. Disinformation and misinformation are causing a real challenge for the United States, our NATO partners and allies, and it's something we need to work on together.

I think that in the same sense, we should be very clear that any effort to deal with disinformation and misinformation should take into account and respect the norms of freedom of speech, freedom of the media, which are essential to who we are as members. of NATO, as partners on both sides of the Atlantic, and I am very confident that this will be the way we will move forward in our cooperation./ CNA





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