{"id":2956,"date":"2023-02-27T22:46:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T22:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medialiteracyireland.ie\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2023-02-27T22:46:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T22:46:36","slug":"national-counter-disinformation-strategy-working-group-established","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medialiteracyireland.ie\/ga\/national-counter-disinformation-strategy-working-group-established\/","title":{"rendered":"National Counter Disinformation Strategy Working Group established"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the 21 February, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, welcomed the establishment of a multi-stakeholder working group<\/a> to coordinate sectoral efforts to combat disinformation and provide a joined-up approach that aims to reduce the creation and spread of false and harmful material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Working Group is aiming to complete the strategy by end-2023. There will be a public consultation as part of the process. The establishment of the Working Group fulfils a recommendation in the\u00a0Future of Media Commission<\/a>\u00a0report, which called for a more coordinated and strategic approach to combat the damaging impact of disinformation on Irish society and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“We know that disinformation is complex and damaging. This means that no one approach can solve it. That\u2019s why this working group has been established – to bring together key stakeholders across Government, industry, academia and civil society to develop an overarching Strategy to promote a joined-up approach that aims to reduce the creation and spread of false and harmful material<\/em>.”<\/p>\nMinister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Working Group is being co-ordinated by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media and the membership includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n