With a General Election scheduled for 29 November, now is a great time for a reminder about how to recognise accurate and reliable information and avoid potential mis– and disinformation. Below are some helpful resources to guide you in the run-up to the election:
by Susan Daly, Managing Editor, Journal Media PA Media has launched a new partnership with The Journal FactCheck, supported by the Google News Initiative, aimed at tackling mis- and disinformation ahead of the Irish General Election. Election Check 24 is a coalition inviting all participating news partners to receive free ready-to-publish fact-checks in the run-up to
by Niamh Mc Loughlin, Online Safety Programme Coordinator for Barnardos Each year Barnardos Online Safety Programme holds consultations with children and writes a report based on what children outlined about their experiences online. The topic of Artificial Intelligence was chosen for this year’s consultation report as children increasingly spoke about AI and the role it
by Sarah Keane, Communications and Project Officer, Waterford Sustainable Living Initiative A media literacy conference, entitled ‘Managing the Noise’ was held on 16 October in Waterford City. Organisers included Waterford SLí, the Waterford Youth Information Centre and the Waterford City Libraries and the Europe Direct Centre. Over 400 young people from local schools joined the
To mark Global Media and Information Literacy Week (GMILW), Media Literacy Ireland has been working with libraries and library staff on two different initiatives. Media, especially digital media, is central to our daily lives and the technology behind it is changing all the time. Knowing how to use, understand and evaluate media is essential if
On 21 October 2024, Coimisiún na Meán published the Online Safety Code following the conclusion of an assessment by the European Commission. The Code sets binding rules for video-sharing platforms who have their EU headquarters in Ireland. The general obligations contained in the code will apply from next month and platforms will have an implementation
The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) has published the EDMO Guidelines for Effective Media Literacy Initiatives. Consisting of 12 concise Principles and supported by simple, but well-tested Guidelines, this resource has been designed for use by anyone involved in the development of media literacy initiatives, including civil society, educators, policy makers, those in the media
For the second time this year, MLI gave evidence to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media looking at the topic of the State’s response to online disinformation and media/digital literacy, including social media and fake news. MLI National Coordinator, Martina Chapman, was joined by Shane Murphy from FuJo, Ciarán O’Connor