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New Campaign on Reporting Harmful Content

Coimisiún na Meán’s new media campaign focuses on the importance of reporting harmful and illegal content to the online platforms. The national campaign will run until March. Aimed at raising awareness of individual rights under online safety legislation, the multi-channel campaign seeks to reach young people, parents and those who work with young people. The goal is to empower the public

Funding Available for Media Literacy Projects

Media literacy stakeholders and practitioners may be interested to know that the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) Collaboration and Innovation Fund is now inviting applications for projects. This fund is aimed at collaborative initiatives that support adults with unmet literacy, numeracy, digital and financial literacy needs and that help organisations and services to become more literacy friendly and aware.    Over the last three years, this funding has helped over 250

2025: A look back

by Martina Chapman, National Coordinator for MLI Time flies when you are busy, and we certainly have been busy this year. As December rolls in, it’s a good time to look back at the year that was and appreciate what we have achieved. Six specific areas of activity were identified for 2025. They were to:

The Media Literacy Ireland Conference 2025

On 26 November 2025, the Media Literacy Ireland Conference took place in the Clayton Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin, and was attended by more than 90 participants, including 25 speakers and panellists. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Media Literacy – Supporting communities, fostering citizenship, promoting democracy’ and the event provided an opportunity for networking, connection and the

MLI November–December Newsletter

Read the November MLI newsletter for media literacy related news and updates.

MLI October Newsletter

Read the November MLI newsletter for media literacy related news and updates.

The Future Report: How Europe’s Youth Experience the Digital Age

by Ryan Meade, Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager, Google Ireland The Future Report, a landmark youth research initiative commissioned by Google and delivered in partnership with youth consultancy Livity, offers a timely look into the minds of the next generation. Gathering insights from over 7,000 teenagers (aged 13–18) across seven European countries – Ireland,

From Media Literacy to Autonomy Literacy: Understanding the Human Cost of Digital Manipulation

This article was written by Niamh Lenihan, Principal Solicitor, NLG Solicitors & Doctoral Researcher in Legal Philosophy. Niamh is Principal Solicitor at NLG Solicitors, a boutique practice specialising in EU digital regulation, AI governance, and data protection. She is also pursuing a doctorate in legal philosophy on the Harm Principle in the digital age. As