A new comprehensive report, which can be seen as the UN Education Agency launching a War On Truth, was released on the topic for educators this summer.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO as it is more often known, is intensifying its global campaign against concepts and knowledge it deems to be "misinformation" and "conspiracy theories."
The U.N., headquartered in Paris, claims Conspiracy theories inflict "significant harm" and serve as "the backbone of many populist movements," according to the education agency, which published a comprehensive report (pdf below) on the topic for educators this summer.
Conspiracy theories "foster and reinforce harmful thinking patterns and exclusive worldviews," according to the paper, among other issues.
UN officials claimed in the letter that they also "reduce trust in public institutions" and "scientific institutions," which can lead to violence or lessen people's motivation to "reduce th...