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00:00Listín Diario presents Sunday Reflections.

00:30Legislators and other actors to curtail these rights.

00:33And yes, I deliberately speak of both rights together.

00:38Because in this digital age, where the Internet and its technological derivatives have blurred

00:43borders and redefined paradigms, it is urgent to reclaim the full dimensions of these freedoms.

00:49They are not the same, but they are equally essential.

00:53In 2016, with the Salta Declaration, heir to the Chapultepec principles, we reinforced

00:58our commitment.

01:00Then in Córdoba, we approved its second version, emphasizing something essential.

01:05Social media activity also deserves protection.

01:09In short, we advocate for censorship-free regulations.

01:13The current situation is bleak.

01:14Latin America is witnessing an accelerated hollowing out of its democracies.

01:19Regimes that were born legitimate have been denatured.

01:23Authoritarianism is normalized under a cloak of collective silence.

01:27At the same time, a perverse discourse has been woven that equates the professional press

01:32with digital chaos, demonizing both equally.

01:35We are accused of being complicit in disinformation, polarization and lies.

01:41Social media, that uncontrollable torrent, drags media outlets that still defend rigorous

01:45journalism into their currents.

01:47The result is a sick democracy and journalism under suspicion.

01:51But the greatest danger is not just governments.

01:53Today, Fortech giants decide what to think, how to act and what to know.

01:59Their algorithms filter, bias and mediate reality, usurping the traditional role of the press.

02:06Their power even overshadows the state.

02:09This is the true Sword of Damocles, a handful of companies determining the fate of freedom,

02:15both of expression and of the press, and therefore of democracy.

02:20How can we resist?

02:21By recognizing that the world has changed, audiences are no longer the same.

02:27Journalism must reinvent itself without abdicating its essence.

02:31Defending these freedoms is more arduous, but not impossible.

02:34It requires clarity, courage, and above all the conviction that without a free press,

02:39there is no free society.

02:41Listing Diario, voice over and translation by Danny Leon.

02:45Listing Diario presented Sunday Reflections.