Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica believes we now live in the age of misinformation and manufactured realities.
In closing the Fiji Women in Media Inaugural Conference held at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva last night, Mr Kamikamica said the very nature of truth—once sacred, once respected—is now contested terrain.
“We live in an era of misinformation and disinformation, where lies travel faster than facts, and where narratives are manipulated with frightening precision,” he said.
“Where algorithms don’t just respond to public interest—they shape it.
“Where “going viral” too often means sacrificing accuracy for attention and click bait.”
Artificial Intelligence, Mr Kamikamica said has entered the media space not as a tool alone, but as a new actor—producing content, replicating voices, and in some cases, fabricating entire realities.
“Deepfakes, synthetic articles, and AI-generated misinformation are not fiction—they are today’s headlines.
“This is the reality confronting every journalist in this room.”
