IFLA Input for Report on Disinformation

Abstract

IFLA is the global organisation for libraries and library associations, bringing together members from more than 150 countries worldwide. We welcome the Special Rapporteur’s initiative to further examine key questions around disinformation and freedom of opinion and expression, and would like to thank the Rapporteur for the opportunity to offer inputs. Access to information and intellectual freedom are among the key ethical and institutional commitments of the global library field; while information literacy has long been an important competency which libraries work to support and champion among their communities. Drawing on library experiences with the above, this input highlights some good practices and key considerations around freedom of opinion and expression in addressing challenges raised by dis- and misinformation.