The presidential candidate for the Frente Amplio showed his rejection of the promotion of fake news, in the midst of the complaint against him for an alleged attack on a trans woman.
He presidential candidate for the Broad Front (FA), Yamandú Orsipublicly committed to carrying out “a clean campaign” in the face of the Elections 2024 and showed his rejection against the fake newsensuring that “in Uruguay “Not everything is worth it.”
The statement shared by the former mayor of cannelloni through his social networks, it occurs within the framework of the criminal complaint against him for an alleged attack on a trans woman some years ago.
In the document, titled “My commitment: Not everything goes in Uruguay” and which consists of six sections, Orsi He assures that from his space “fake news will not be promoted”, since that is his ethical limit when doing politics, and he stressed that “the temptation to play outside the democratic sphere in the digital age is gaining ground in the world”, in reference to the fact that from their space they point out a bot campaign against him to amplify the impact of the complaint against him and damage his image as a pre-candidate.
According to Orsi“misinformation” and “hate” “expand quickly” and damage debate and “democratic dialogue”, but that their own opinions will always be “supported by verified information” and “facts”.
“In my campaign I will propose actions to check and verify information,” said the former Canarian leader, adding: “I am not going to encourage or develop false bubbles of content held in fake news“.
“I will not make unfounded attacks like the ones I already received”
At the same time, he stated that “he will not make or endorse unfounded attacks” as “those he received” and that therefore he will not respond “with the same rod” to accusations, but rather “every defense will be with arguments” so as not to encourage “superficial tendencies that seek to polarize society.”
Finally, the Broad Front highlighted his condemnation of discrimination and incitement to hatred through social networks and proposed achieving “a great consensus national” to condemn this type of practices, if elected as president of the Republic.
Source: Ambito
