We are witnessing a seismic shift in the global information ecosystem, with a few tech companies shaping how information is produced, distributed, accessed, and monetized. The concentration of power around artificial intelligence, combined with limited transparency, insufficient human rights due diligence, and weak accountability threaten the integrity, plurality and independence of the information landscape – with direct implications for peace, stability, and security. States must protect, promote, and fulfil media freedom by ensuring conditions for democratic debate, supported by human rights-based regulation and a multi-stakeholder approach in designing online information spaces that safeguard media pluralism, independence, and public interest over distortion, deception, and division.
This Resource Hub by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) supports policymakers and stakeholders in ensuring that digital technologies benefit society by safeguarding freedom of expression and media freedom. It focuses on the impact of (generative) AI on free media and expression, and provides resources and recommendations to enhance the availability and accessibility of public interest information online as well as broader guidance on platform, content and internet governance. Explore these topics, including policy manuals (2022 and 2025), Dos and Don’ts, and additional Resources.
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Research, podcasts, explainers, and other materials examining the effects of AI on online expression, media pluralism, and access to information.
Dos and Don’ts
Recommended actions, restrictions, and guidelines for designing human rights-respecting policies on (generative) AI and digital technologies.
Policy Manual on Safeguarding Media Freedom in the Age of Big Tech Platforms and AI (2025)
Key recommendations, in-depth analysis, and policy guidance to support states in ensuring the availability and accessibility of public interest journalism and reliable information in the digital era.
Healthy Online Information Spaces Conference (2025)
A multi-stakeholder event in October 2025 providing for interactive discussions on pressing challenges and emerging opportunities that digital technologies present for media freedom and freedom of expression.
Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence and Freedom of Expression – A Policy Manual (2022)
Human rights-centric recommendations for States to ensure free speech safeguards for the design, development and deployment of AI.
SAIFE Expedition (2022)
An interactive center stage for AI and free speech dialogue in December 2022, bringing together OSCE participating States and more than 50 experts from civil society, academia, OSCE executive structures, industry and partner organizations.
Made to Measure
The interactive documentary illustrates how pervasive the collection of personal data can be, and how such information that is collected about us can be used to manipulate our opinions and expressions. The film was developed by the Laokoon Group (Hans Block, Cosima Terrasse, and Moritz Riesewieck) and co-produced with the OSCE RFoM, the German Federal Cultural Foundation, and other partners.