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We are an informal alliance of organisations and individuals working together on a voluntary basis to promote media literacy in Ireland.
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Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill published
On the 12th January, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, published the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill, paving the way for a new body to regulate online services and to reduce the availability of harmful content.
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The librarians are coming!
2,000 librarians will descend on Dublin this month for a major international conference
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Events
Misinformation on Africa: Training for Media Practitioners
EDMO is launching an online training on understanding and handling disinformation for media practitioners working on Africa. Co-organised with AfricaCheck and FactSpace West Africa, the training proposes three modules on actors and techniques of disinformation, fact-checking and verification tools and safety and protection of journalists. Applications will open soon.
More InformationCEDMO International Conference: Europe Tackles Information Chaos
This one-and-a-half-day conference open to general public will take place in Prague under the auspices of the Czech Presidency of the European Union. Leading experts and key stakeholders – including NGOs, academics, think tanks, practitioners, and legislative and technology actors – will contribute to exploring a comprehensive range of topics.
The complexity of the problem of information disorders will be addressed in discussions focused on a wide range of topics, including:
● the impact and regulation of disinformation
● strengthening democracy in the context of declining trust and increasing societal fragmentation
● the current role of media and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
● foreign interference
● the relation between technology and disinformation
● efforts to boost media and information literacy.
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