Mr. Canela de Souza Godoi, UNESCO published a report on March 10, 2022, highlighting the existential threat that social networks now pose to the survival of professional news media. That's an interesting issue.
It is said that over the past five years, audiences and advertising revenues have both migrated in large numbers to Internet platforms. For example, it is reported that Google and Meta—otherwise known as Facebook—now account for half of all global digital advertising spending, while at the same time, newspaper advertising revenues have declined by the same amount.
In addition, according to the UNESCO study, more than 1 million messages containing inaccurate information about the pandemic were circulated on Twitter in September 2020; that's in the space of just one month.
I think your report makes it clear that Facebook isn't an information medium. It's clearly a threat to the flow of information.
Can you tell us a little bit about this report published on March 10, 2022?
You talked about it a little earlier, but I'd like you to describe how the increase in revenues from the major platforms constitutes a threat to freedom of expression and the flow of information, and even to democracy, in a way.