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Jacinda Ardern gave the prestigious Harvard University Commencement speech on Friday morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She joins a pantheon of well-known ...

Jacinda Ardern has called social media a threat to modern day democracy, during her latest speech in Boston.

"In a disinformation age, we need to learn to analyse and critique information. "In the aftermath of New Zealand's experience, we felt a sense of responsibility. "On the 15th of March 2019, 51 people were killed in a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The entire brutal act was live-streamed on social media. The result was the Christchurch Call to Action. "The path she carved as a woman feels as relevant today as it was decades ago, and so too is the message she shared here. She invoked the memory of the late Benazir Bhutto, the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim country, and to give birth while in office with Ardern being the second.

In commencement address New Zealand PM warns against the 'scourge of online disinformation', and wins standing ovation for crackdown on weapons.

“We knew we needed significant gun reform, and so that is what we did,” she said. “But that takes so much for granted.” She finished her speech with a call for kindness, and to bridge differences with others.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called on Harvard's Class of 2022 to pursue “genuine debate and dialogue” to protect democracy during her ...

Julia H. Riew ’22 — who went viral on TikTok for writing a musical featuring a Korean Disney Princess, which was her senior thesis — performed one of her original songs, “Dive,” alongside Natalie J. Choo ’22 and Sydney K. Penny ’22 to close out this section of the ceremony. She has been praised for her handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and gun control after the deadly shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand. “We have the forums for online providers and social media companies to work on these issues alongside civil society and governments,” Ardern said. As the Harvard University Band plays, graduates across the University process into Tercentenary Theater by school, some bearing props like noisemakers and globes. The Morning Exercises are set to begin at 9:30 a.m., following the College Senior Chapel. “The pull into the comfort of our tribes will be magnified. “Take advantage of these opportunities when they arise.” But let’s finish with a shared approach to responsible algorithms — because the time has come.” “How you choose to engage with information, deal with conflict, how you confront debate, how you choose to address being baited, or hated — it all matters,” she said. Ardern paid homage to Benazir Bhutto ’73, former prime minister of Pakistan who delivered the 1989 Harvard Commencement address. But she added that many of these laws have left “deep rifts.” Ardern discussed the ways in which social media can spread disinformation.

The prime minister's Harvard commencement speech, in full. E ōku manukura, ngā pou haemata o te ngahere. Te piko o te māhuri, tērā te tupu o te rākau.

Those values that exist in the space between difference and division. In a disinformation age, we need to learn to analyse and critique information. And while we cannot change everything about the environment we are in – we can change ourselves. That means recognising the role they play in constantly curating and shaping the online environments that we’re in. And we have every reason to do it. And increasingly with the help of algorithms, what we seek, we are served, sometimes before we even know we’re looking. We knew we needed significant gun reform, and so that is what we did. As humans, we are naturally predisposed to reinforce our own views, to gather with people like us and avoid the dreaded sense of cognitive dissonance. On the 15th of March 2019, 51 people were killed in a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The entire brutal act was live-streamed on social media. It is a privilege to be here, and I thank you for the honour. For years it feels as though we have assumed that the fragility of democracy was determined by duration. I remember the first person in my school who had access to the internet.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delivered the Harvard University Commencement Speech. Ardern addressed students at the well-known university - and ...

Ardern was giving a speech to a crowd at Harvard University in Massachusetts when she stopped to take a water break. For some reason, the crowd roared with ...