Disinformation Tied to Humanity’s ‘Most Existential’ Threats, Says Panelist at the World Economic Forum
Disinformation is at the root of the “most existential” threats facing humanity, said New York Times chairman Arthur Gregg Sulzberger at a World Economic Forum panel on Jan. 17. The panel, titled “The Clear and Present Danger of Disinformation,” was hosted by former CNN anchor Brian Stelter, in Davos, Switzerland.
Joined on stage by government officials and other media figures, Sulzberger attempted to diagnose and offer solutions for what he sees as the fulcrum of many contemporary problems that plague the world today. “I think it maps basically to every other challenge that we are grappling with as a society, and particularly the most existential,” he said….