Erosion of trust in public information

Mitigation strategy

1. Prioritize and implement long-term, systemic educational programs to build individual and societal resilience against misinformation, focusing on media, digital, and civic literacy to cultivate critical thinking and information discernment skills. 2. Reinforce the integrity and trustworthiness of authoritative sources by enhancing the transparency, accountability, and responsiveness of governmental and scientific institutions in their communication and data dissemination, while supporting the independence and viability of pluralistic, professional news organizations. 3. Deploy a coordinated, multi-layered content intervention strategy that includes proactive prebunking (inoculation) against anticipated false narratives and the timely, evidence-based debunking and correction of circulating misinformation via established, trusted channels.