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Wanshika Kumar
3 March, 2021, 2:30 am
United States Embassy charge d’affairs Tony Greubel (2nd from left) and executive director Fiji Council of Social Services Vani Catanasiga (3rd
from left) speak with guests at Tanoa Plaza Hotel. Picture: RAMA
THE International Republican Institute (IRI) and the Fiji Council of Social Services yesterday launched its first activity aimed at addressing the increasing misinformation and hate speech surrounding COVID-19 in Fiji, IRI resident national program officer Elenoa Fuli said it was important to address the issue.
“IRI received extra funding from USAID and we have seen that as time went by in the COVID-19 pandemic, people were assisted by the health ministries and other organisations but there was nothing allocated to address misinformation and hate speech dissemination,” she said.