The World Economic Forum (WEF) rings within the New Year with its annual assembly, held in Davos, Switzerland, every January. The assembly “will convene leaders from government, business and civil society to address the state of the world and discuss priorities for the year ahead,” in response to WEF.1
In 2023, the theme is “cooperation in a fragmented world,” with WEF noting, “The world today is at a critical inflection point. The sheer number of ongoing crises calls for bold collective action.”2 What will this daring collective motion entail? A key theme being mentioned at one in all its periods is countering “misinformation,”3 also referred to as silencing and censoring any and all opposition.
WEF is an unelected world group with self-appointed leaders. How it intends to outline the misinformation it’s concentrating on as one in all its key 2023 initiatives is unknown, however it’s dubbed the “cumulative ‘threats’ black swan events.” In an outline for its Countering Threats within the Age of Black Swans session, it’s famous:4
“As black swan events proliferate, threats that were once considered outliers are becoming commonplace. This is compounded by a wide range of actors with access to sophisticated technology and weaponry, as well as an ever-increasing capacity to spread misinformation. How can we begin to predict the unpredictable in mitigating and countering security threats from black swan events?”
In December 2022, WEF already began harm management for its Davos assembly, stating in a separate put up that it has “weathered criticism as a gathering of elites and in recent years the Forum has been targeted by disinformation campaigns.”5 As Reclaim the Net famous, this implies the “group deems criticism of the WEF and challenging mainstream Covid-19 narratives to be misinformation.”6