{"id":37823,"date":"2020-06-29T14:36:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T12:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/?p=37823"},"modified":"2020-07-29T12:14:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:14:07","slug":"pause-before-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/pause-before-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pause before sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations calls on social media users to \u201cPause. Take care before you share\u201d on the occasion of World Social Media Day 30th June.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the COVID-19 crisis the United Nations aims to create a new social norm, \u2018rules of the road\u2019, for how people share content on social media.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2018World Social Media\u2019 Day on 30th June the UN hopes to reach billions with this new message: \u201cPause. Take care before you share. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>The Pause Movement is part of the Verified Campaign, a United Nations initiative, in collaboration with Purpose, to provide content that cuts through the noise to deliver life-saving information, fact-based advice and stories from the best of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>We are in a moment of global reckoning with the pandemic sweeping across the globe, worldwide protests for racial justice and the climate emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Misinformation, hate speech and fake news is fueling and distorting all of these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>It acts as a virus.<\/p>\n<p>It exploits our weaknesses. Our biases. Our prejudices. Our emotions.<\/p>\n<p>Often we share on impulse. Before verifying content. Before letting the endorphins subside.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Pause. Take care before you share.\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aqXFlXbxQ0g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Research shows that a significant way to reduce misinformation is by creating a culture of pausing, even for a few seconds, to reflect on the content before one shares it.<\/p>\n<p>The hope of the UN is to create a global moment that will encourage us all to fight misinformation around COVID-19 by pausing before we share content and stories with our loved ones, friends and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>By promoting and sharing Verified content, everyday people can play a crucial role in the work of Verified by spreading reliable information about COVID-19 to their friends, families and social networks, with the goal of saving lives and countering misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people worldwide have already joined the Verified Campaign as \u201cInformation Volunteers\u201d.\u00a0 Please join and get a daily Verified briefing and share life-saving information with your networks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information see here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23takecarebeforeyoushare&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#takecarebeforeyoushare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareverified.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.shareverified.com\/en<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.takecarebeforeyoushare.org\/\">Get the downloadable creative assets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/coronavirus-covid-19-engagement-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNRIC COVID-19 Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations calls on social media users to \u201cPause. 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