The U.N. Wants To Use AI To Crackdown on Free Speech
The United Nations has rolled out a new AI tool to crack down on what it calls misinformation and hate speech. The organization rolled out the tool in association with leftist nonprofits.
The tool’s intent is to help suppress so-called misinformation and hate speech and prevent it from spreading.
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The United Nations is convinced that “online information pollution is an urgent global challenge” that can be remedied by an AI and a left-leaning cleanup crew.
To stamp out dissenting views and hurtful opinions expressed online, especially those articulated in the form of memes, the U.N. Development Program has produced an AI-powered, speech-policing tool called iVerify “that can be used to identify false information and prevent and mitigate it spread” in concert with the Facebook- and Google-funded fact-checker Meedan, Facebook-owned CrowdTangle, leftist nonprofits, and the George Soros-funded International Fact-Checking Network.
When first peddling the tool, the U.N. cited the Jan. 6 protests in Washington, D.C., as “one of the most visible examples of how the viral spread of misinformation can negatively affect the electoral process,” suggesting that iVerify “can help.”
According to the UNDP, iVerify provides various regimes “with a support package to enhance identification, monitoring and response capacity to threats to information integrity.”
The U.N. points out that this tool will protect approved narratives. It also pledges that it won’t undermine freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
The problem with the fact-checkers is that the fact-checkers are often biased, usually to the left. The fact checkers promote leftist ideology. At first glance, this tool will make this even worse.
If the U.N. and Big Tech want to check the spread of misinformation, they would follow in the footsteps of Twitter and adopt the Community Notes format. When someone makes a false claim, Twitter does not pull the tweet down. Instead, it allows users to post information from reliable sources under the tweet that explains why the claim is false.
It is very easy to see how this AI tool can suppress free speech. In fact, considering the U.N.’s involvement, it is the most likely use of the tool.
This tool is likely an attack on free speech and we should oppose it.
