SEOUL: At a worldwide meeting on Monday, some leaders accused China and Russia of running malicious propaganda campaigns. Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, called fake news and disinformation based on artificial intelligence and digital technology challenges to democracy.
Speaking at the beginning of the Seoul Summit for Democracy, Yoon stated that nations had a responsibility to exchange knowledge and insights in order to use technology and artificial intelligence to advance democracy.
“Digital technology and artificial intelligence-driven fake news and misinformation not only violate human rights and individual freedoms, but also pose a threat to democratic systems,” Yoon stated.
The third Summit for Democracy conference is being held in South Korea at the invitation of US President Joe Biden. The goal of the meeting is to examine strategies for halting the erosion of rights and freedoms and democratic backsliding.
China retaliated against Seoul on Monday for allowing Taiwan’s Digital Minister Audrey Tang to deliver a video speech.
Although the presenter stated that Tang was appearing in a private capacity, neither Taiwan nor South Korea, which has strengthened ties with Washington but also aimed to avoid a significant blow to its close commercial connections with China, disclosed in advance that Tang would be speaking.
Claiming that attempts to “expand the space for Taiwan independence activities under the banner of democracy and human rights” were bound to fail, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian claimed.
Representatives from around 30 nations, including Ghana, the United States, and Costa Rica, were set to attend the three-day summit in Seoul. The primary agenda items for discussion were digital dangers to democracy and how technology might support democracy and fundamental human rights.
