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UN secretary-general calls for ‘global governance’ in ‘new multipolar order’ at 2024 Davos summit

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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

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By Andreas Wailzer

Antonio Guterres expressed confidence in building a new world order with ‘new opportunities for leadership.’

The Secretary-General of the United Nations (U.N.) called for “global governance” in “a new multipolar global order” at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting.

During his special address, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he is “confident we can build a new multipolar global order with new opportunities for leadership and with balance and justice in its national relations.”

“But multipolarity creates complexity,” he continued. “Left to itself, it could deepen frontlines between north and south, east and west, developed and developing economies, within the G20 and between the G20 and everyone else.”

“And the only way to manage this complexity and avoid a slide into chaos is through a reformed, inclusive networked multilateralism.”

“This requires strong multilateral institutions and frameworks and effective mechanisms of global governance.”

“Without them, further fragmentation is inevitable, and the consequences are clear” Guterres stated.

“We see an epidemic of impunity around the world. We see some countries doing whatever it takes to further their own interests at all costs, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Sudan and, more recently, Gaza.”

Guterres lamented that “parties to the conflict are ignoring international law, trampling on the Geneva Conventions, and even violating the United Nations Charter.”

Addressing the role of governments and private companies in the regulation of Artificial Intelligence, he called for a “governance model that is networked and adaptive” where the U.N. “plays a central, convening role.”

“The private sector is in the lead on AI expertise and resources, and you need the private sector’s full engagement in our multi-stakeholder effort to develop a governance model that is networked and adaptive,” he said.

“I believe the U.N. should play a central, convening role. The advisory board I created on Artificial Intelligence has already made preliminary recommendations on AI governance that adapt the benefits of this incredible new technology while mitigating its risks.”

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Trump signs executive order banning government censorship

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By Dan McCaleb

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order banning the federal government from taking any action to restrict Americans free speech rights.

The order ensures “that no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.”

It also ensures “that no taxpayer resources are used to engage in or facilitate any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen” and “identify and take appropriate action to correct past misconduct by the Federal Government related to censorship of protected speech.”

Meta earlier this month ended its practice of censoring posts on Facebook, Instagram and Threads after CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the Biden administration pressured the company to remove posts related to COVID-19, the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections – including suppressing the New York Post’s explosive story on Hunter Biden’s laptop – and other matters.

“We started building social media to give people a voice,” Zuckerberg said in announcing the decision. “What started as a movement to be more inclusive has increasingly been used to shut down opinions and shut out people with different ideas, and it’s gone too far.”

Twitter, now X, also removed posts under pressure from the Biden administration before Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk bought the social media platform in 2022.

Trump’s executive order also instructs the U.S. Attorney General to investigate past cases of government censorship.

“The Attorney General, in consultation with the heads of executive departments and agencies, shall investigate the activities of the Federal Government over the last 4 years that are inconsistent with the purposes and policies of this order and prepare a report to be submitted to the President, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, with recommendations for appropriate remedial actions to be taken based on the findings of the report,” the order states.

​Dan McCaleb is the executive editor of The Center Square. He welcomes your comments. Contact Dan at [email protected].

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UK lawmaker threatens to use Online Safety Act to censor social media platforms

Published on January 20, 2025

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By Didi Rankovic

Labour MP Lola McEvoy defended the Online Safety Act’s censorious measures, including bans and fines for social media platforms which ‘don’t comply’ with the strict age verification law.

Politicians from the U.K.’s ruling Labour party are starting to openly “out” the country’s Online Safety Act for the sweeping censorship law that its opponents have all along been warning it is.

The extreme case of using the law to completely ban social media platforms in the U.K. is now being promoted as a possibility by Labour MP Lola McEvoy.

“If these big platforms that have huge users don’t comply with the Online Safety Act, then they have no right to be accessed in this country,” the MP said while appearing on a podcast, adding, “So I think that’s what the law’s about.”

The masks are coming off, prompted by the latest clash between the government and Prime Minister Keir Starmer in particular and X owner Elon Musk – who criticized their role in a historical child sex exploitation scandal in the U.K.

In addition to saying that failure to comply with the law could result in the platforms getting banned, McEvoy suggested that “unelected citizens from other countries” should not be allowed to criticize U.K.’s government – she justified this by saying the criticism of Minister for Safeguarding Jess Phillips created “a very dangerous situation,” equating it to “bullying and harassment.”

McEvoy even made a point of public figures needing to be even more aggressively protected through censorship – effectively from whatever the government backing those figures decides to pack into the vague categories such as “bullying” and “harassment,” and in that way deal with critical, including legitimate, speech.

And where would any controversial call to step up online censorship be without getting served to the public as a way to above all – protect children?

McEvoy spoke about regulator Ofcom’s powers, which she described as “really significant” in enforcing the fines under the law that is being gradually implemented.

And as that is happening, this MP wants the Online Safety Act to be “strengthened” where it concerns the focus on things it treats as harmful to children, such as access to illegal content or pornography.

Reprinted with permission from Reclaim The Net.

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