A free, practical seven-step guide to checking viral images when their original context has been lost. It separates the pixels from the claim and walks readers through preserving the claim, reverse-image and fragment searches, tracing the earliest credible upload, cautious metadata inspection, testing the scene against independent evidence, and reporting. Please click on the link
Hi Digital is a Vodafone Foundation initiative to increase digital literacy and confidence in using the internet amongst older people. Hidigital.ie is a free e-learning platform with bite-sized lessons including how to use smartphones, an essential guide to apps, staying secure online, creating an email and other essential everyday skills. Please click on the link
Plain-language explainer on why generative AI can produce confident but false answers, fabricated citations, and misleading summaries. It gives readers practical source-checking habits for evaluating AI output, making it useful for AI literacy, media literacy, and digital information evaluation. Please click on the link below to access the content: Understanding AI Hallucinations and Their Causes
The Online Safety Centre is a free educational website that supports media literacy and digital wellbeing by helping users understand how to manage privacy, safety, blocking, and reporting features across popular apps, games, and social media platforms. Designed for young people, parents, educators, and professionals, it provides clear, practical guidance to help users make informed
EUROPOL have developed a collection of downloadable materials to help teachers bring cyber safety lessons to life, both in and out of the game. These ready-to-use resources make it easy to guide students through the Cyber Defenders experience while linking gameplay to real-world online safety practices. Roblox is a popular platform among young users, with
A new digital platform, Help4U, developed by Europol and CENTRIC and An Garda Síochána has been launched to support children and teenagers facing sexual abuse or online harm. Designed to be simple. Because everyone deserves to be safe – and heard. Europol and EU partner countries including An Garda Síochána for Ireland. Please click on
Webwise is the online safety initiative of the Department of Education and co-funded by the European Commission. This site provides curriculum-aligned resources for post primary schools with topics such as using the internet safely, communicating online, playing and learning online, cyberbullying, rights online, data economy, getting help and support. Suitable for Junior Cycle SPHE course, Junior Cycle
Webwise is the online safety initiative of the Department of Education and co-funded by the European Commission. This site provides curriculum-aligned resources for primary schools with topics such as using the internet safely, communicating online, playing and learning online, cyberbullying, getting help and support. Teachers and schools can download or order these free resources here: www.webwise.ie/teachers/resources