"The Panel emphasizes that while artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize various sectors, it alone cannot drive economic growth or address the rampant inequality we face. Instead, a robust framework for free and reliable information is essential to navigate the challenges ahead: “Public Interest media play an essential role in guaranteeing this information supply and ensuring its quality. They are like the central banks of the informational economy: providing the confidence in the system that is necessary for it to function.”
As we enter the fourth industrial revolution, the Panel warns: “Information is a public good that market forces alone will never supply at the level our modern society demands. Current business models are failing, and as revenue shifts to online platforms, powerful entities can co-opt or silence independent media. Alarmingly, state support for public interest media remains low, especially when contrasted with the substantial resources allocated to propaganda by autocratic regimes.”
To combat this crisis, the Panel calls on all governments committed to economic growth and democratic prosperity to :
1) Invest in new models to support and safeguard free and independent media. This means that public support and investment in public interest media must be increased both nationally and internationally, including, for example, through the implementation of a digital services tax.
2) Shape the media ecosystem through a new generation of “information industrial policies” that will better regulate the market and reduce the informational divide.""
https://informationdemocracy.org/2025/09/22/press-release-a-global-call-from-leading-economists-urge-action-to-protect-public-interest-media-for-economic-prosperity-and-human-progress/
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