Coimisiún na Meán has launched an information campaign about combatting illegal content online, based on the provisions of the EU Digital Services Act. Coimisiún na Meán is Ireland’s body for regulating broadcasters, on-demand services and online media, and supporting media development. As such, they are responsible for Ireland’s Online Safety Framework. This framework makes digital
Hilary Flynn, Richard Phillips(Barnardos) Rachael Bleakley (Google.org), David Sneddon (Google), Suzanne Connolly (Barnardos), Ryan Meade (Google), Gianna Francescutti (Google.org), Esther Pugh (Barnardos), Jane McGarrigle, (Webwise).
The new #MediaSmartOnline campaign launched on 8 March 2024 in three European countries: Ireland, Czech Republic, and Poland. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness about all the media literacy actions and initiatives that are currently available for children and young people, and those who are working to upskill them (parents and caregivers,
Sarah McKenna is a first-year BA Joint Honours student at Dublin City University where she studied media literacy in the School of Communications. This explainer aims to outline the importance of media literacy in today’s society and specifically for parents.
Trend Micro and COGG have collaborated to launch an Irish language version of the Cyber Academy. The Cyber Academy is a series of cyber safety lessons aimed at children from the ages 7 – 10 and is available free to teachers and parents. Both Trend Micro and COGG are delighted to announce that the Irish
February 1 2024 marked a major milestone in the South East as youth radio station Beat 102 103 launched its first-ever Digital Media Literacy Tour supported by Comisiún na Meán. The tour aims to showcase vital digital information for students in secondary schools across the region over the coming months. Digital literacy is important for many reasons, especially
By Christine Cullen, Head of Internal Communications and Bigger Picture at Sky Ireland At Sky we believe that a company of our scale has a responsibility to the community in which we operate, and it really is important to us both as a business and for our employees that we support the communities where our
Abbey Colgan talks about how media literacy can make us aware of the risks of desensitisation