This week (Wednesday, 10 March), Facebook launched a new media literacy campaign in partnership with the WHO and our European fact-checking partners to educate people on how to spot false vaccination news ‘Together Against Covid-19 Misinformation’ rolled out to Facebook and Instagram Newsfeeds through a series of ads encouraging people to connect with accurate information
The 50-minute long educational video was created to accompany an online exhibition where students can explore, for instance, how our phones are designed to grab out attention; how deepfakes are created; and how tech companies use our data in many different ways. The exhibition is available online through this link https://theglassroom.org/misin… The educational video can be
Teachers who help students learn about the importance of press freedom will be honoured by a special award in the 2021 edition of the Global Youth & News Media Prize. The Press Freedom Teacher Award will recognise excellence in assuring that students develop a thorough understanding of the crucial role of journalism in society and of the
Safer Internet Day 2021 took place on Tuesday, February 9th. The theme for the celebration was “Together for a Better Internet”, a day to encourage people to join together to make the internet a safer and better place for all, and especially for children and young people. Safer Internet Day is an annual event organised
By Emmanuelle Machet, Head of EPRA Secretariat In line with EPRA’s commitment to reflect and promote the growing importance of Media Literacy in Europe, the EPRA Media and Information Literacy Taskforce, set up in 2018, has recently released a report entitled “Reflections on Video Sharing Platforms’ promotion of Media Literacy under the Audiovisual Media Services Directive”.
By Martina Chapman, National Coordinator, MLI The first Media Literacy Monday webinar of 2021 took place on Monday 25 January at 4 pm via zoom. With Safer Internet Day around the corner, it seemed appropriate to focus on young people and media literacy. The full webinar is available to watch online. Perspectives The event opened with an
By Stephanie Anderson, Public Policy Associate Manager, Facebook Since last writing to update members of Media Literacy Ireland (MLI) on Facebook’s company-wide efforts to tackle COVID-19 misinformation, there have been many notable moments in the course of the pandemic. While COVID-19 continues to unfortunately spread within our communities, the emergence of breakthrough vaccines offers hope for the
Since last writing to update members of Media Literacy Ireland (MLI) on Facebook’s company-wide efforts to tackle COVID-19 misinformation, there have been many notable moments in the course of the pandemic. While COVID-19 continues to unfortunately spread within our communities, the emergence of breakthrough vaccines offers hope for the future. Throughout the twists and turns of this