Cohesive societies: President Tharman calls for effective education and stronger social interaction
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam is calling for effective education and stronger social interaction to build cohesive and resilient multicultural societies. This is in the face of an increasingly divided and polarised world. He says diversity within a society remains an asset if people have shared hopes, a shared purpose and endeavour. Dr Leong Chan Hoong, Senior Fellow and Head of the Social Cohesion Research Programme at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, discusses the role of social media and the Internet in spreading misinformation. He talks about how algorithms, AI and deepfakes could make it worse and what countries are doing about it.
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