Conclusions from the last meeting will serve as the basis for the 2026 summit
Miami (March 11, 2026) - The VI Global Summit on Disinformation, to be held on May 27 and 28, 2026, will base its program on the conclusions of the 2025 meeting, which resulted from exchanges between specialists, journalists, researchers, and organizations from different countries who analyzed the main challenges to information integrity in a context marked by advances in artificial intelligence and the transformation of the digital ecosystem.
These guidelines, presented by the Organizing Committee composed of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), the Desconfío Project, and the Foundation for Journalism in Bolivia, offer a roadmap to guide the discussions and proposals for the next edition of the meeting, with the aim of strengthening strategies to address contemporary phenomena of disinformation.
1. Disinformation is a deliberate strategy, not a digital accident
This is not “noise” in the information ecosystem, but organized tactics—political, economic, and geopolitical—that seek to erode public trust and weaken democracies. The Summit reaffirms the need for coordinated action to counter disinformation, promoting ever broader alliances among actors.
2. Artificial intelligence is redefining the current landscape
AI amplifies the capacity to produce disinformation (deepfakes, automation, scalability), but it also offers tools to detect and combat it. We need more transparency in the new tools being created and acceleration programs to establish common protocols that facilitate the distinction between synthetic and human content.
3. Information integrity requires funding
Disinformation is a systemic problem involving media, platforms, advertisers, regulators, technology companies, and academia. The solution requires common standards of transparency, self-regulation, and algorithmic accountability.
Raising the value of information integrity requires better incentives to achieve basic standards that allow deliberately misleading content to be separated from reliable information. We call on entities that support democratic strengthening to promote the sustainability of organizations that promote these standards and are contributing to the consolidation of a reliable information ecosystem.
4. Defending the truth means defending those who investigate it
Journalists, investigators, and fact-checkers face media demonization campaigns, digital harassment, and physical threats. Active solidarity and collective response are essential conditions for sustaining informational integrity.
It is necessary to promote programs with greater impact and support for those who take concrete action to expose disinformation campaigns, as well as specific incentives to encourage more and better research in this field.
5. Media literacy builds resilience
Educating a critical citizenry—one capable of asking who produces a message, for what purpose, and how to verify it—is a long-term resilience strategy. Media education is central to the health of democracies.
It is time to promote a multisectoral commitment that strengthens media literacy programs with a medium- and long-term vision, ensuring sustained guidelines over time. Educational institutions, in particular, must take on an active role and coordinate with other social actors to consolidate a more critical and responsible information culture.
6. There can be no neutrality in the face of falsehood
Defending freedom of expression does not mean tolerating deliberate manipulation strategies. The commitment must be to protect expression while promoting transparency and traceability regarding the origin of content. Journalism plays an essential role in this area and requires conditions that allow it to independently exercise its role of scrutiny, accountability, and oversight of power.
7. Fact-checking is evolving: from reactive to proactive
The researchers agreed that fact-checking can no longer be limited to refuting falsehoods once they have gone viral. The activities of fact-checkers must be integrated into a multi-paradigmatic model. It is necessary to move towards a model that combines reactive refutations with anticipatory strategies, media literacy, and preventive explanation of narratives. The sector is redefining the usefulness of labels such as “false” or “misleading” and the unintended effects of amplifying falsehoods with denials in headlines.
8. Transparency and open data strengthen trust
Clear communication, methodological openness, and access to verifiable information reduce vulnerability to censorship or conspiracy narratives. Opacity weakens; transparency protects.
9. Transnational cooperation is essential
Regional and international alliances are a prerequisite for anticipating coordinated campaigns and sharing early warnings, technology, and strategies that are working anywhere in the world. Just as disinformation crosses borders, this Summit was born with the spirit of strengthening an increasingly broad network of alliances that respond globally to this scourge. The creation of collaborative networks must be at the heart of the strategies of those who finance actions against disinformation.
10. Moving from reflection to action
These conclusions represent a clear call to action in all the areas outlined here. It is essential to promote the creation of funds for research into disinformation, with the aim of strengthening the capacity of institutions, the media, and the academic community to better understand its dynamics and develop effective responses to this phenomenon. It is important to establish transparency parameters in AI tools and incentive programs for their responsible adoption, without losing sight of the leading role of the media as generators of reliable, quality information. It is time to promote media literacy programs with multisectoral commitments that ensure medium- and long-term sustainability. And to strengthen international cooperation, which is key to advancing information integrity and curbing disinformation.