KUWAIT CITY: During its fifth General Assembly meeting in Kuwait City on Wednesday, the Digital Cooperation Organization launched a campaign to tackle online misinformation, which 80 percent of surveyed government experts now rank as a primary threat to national security.
“Misinformation is not an abstract concern; it puts at risk the social cohesion that holds our communities together,” said Omar Saud Al-Omar, Kuwait’s minister of state for communication affairs and chairperson of the DCO Council for the current term.
He said more than 80 percent of government-identified misinformation is considered a top risk to national security.
Al-Omar emphasized the pivotal importance of joint efforts in combating misinformation. “We prioritized online content integrity as our flagship initiative.”
“During our presidency, the DCO activated the Ministerial Committee on Online Misinformation, which Kuwait has the honor to chair,” said Al-Omar.
