Meghan Markle has spoken about the negative impact that misinformation has in a digital world and addressed the ‘inflammatory’ words of her biggest critics.
On Tuesday, the Duchess of Sussex sat down for Fortune’s ‘Most Powerful Women’ virtual summit and spoke about ‘what it will take to create humane tech’.
‘We have got to all put our stock in something that is true, and we need to have reliable media and news sources that are telling us the truth…when you know something is wrong, report it, talk about it,’ she said from her Montecito home, wearing a blue and white striped With Nothing Underneath shirt.
‘It’s like we live in the future when you’re talking about bots and trolls and all of these things,’ she noted.
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‘It seems so fantastical, but that’s actually the current state of affairs and that is shaping how we interact with each other online and off — and that’s the piece that’s important. It is not just an isolated experience. It transcends into how you interact with anyone around you and certainly your own relationship with yourself.’
Days after speaking about the importance of voting in the 2020 election with her husband Prince Harry, Markle discussed her own experience confronting misinformation, adding: ‘If you look back at anything I’ve said, what ends up being inflammatory is people’s interpretation of it. But if you listen to what I actually say it’s not controversial.’
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Markle continues, noting that she tries to navigate her critics by having a ‘sense of humour’ even though some of their comments have ‘a bit of gravity’.
‘The moment that you’re able to be liberated from all these other opinions of what you know to be true, then I think it’s very easy to live with truth and live with authenticity,’ she explained. ‘That’s how I choose to move through the world.’
The mother-of-one also spoke about the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and said that people ‘are all going through a reset and we are all going through a moment of reckoning — and probably a re-evaluation of what really matters.
‘For me, it’s been amazing to spend time with my husband and watch our little one grow and that’s where our attention has been. In addition to, of course, how we can be a part of the change of energy that so many people are craving right now and whatever we can do to help in that capacity.’
The royal ended her ‘appearance’ at the summit with a quote from American artists Georgia O’Keefe: ‘I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.’
The discussion came a month after Meghan and Harry joined leaders from the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, during which the Duke of Sussex joked that he was ‘way too old’ when it comes to discussing the Internet.
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‘You’ve got to stop, we’re not old!’ Meghan replied.
‘But it’s true,’ Harry replied. ‘This is the world you’re going to inherit.’
‘And Archie!’ noted Meghan.
‘And Archie,″ Harry said, adding: ‘It’s on all of us collectively to make the world a better place…and we are.’
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