Safer Internet Day will take place on Tuesday, 11th February 2025. The celebrations will be based around the theme, “Prepare / Protect / Thrive: Navigating Algorithms and Influencers.” This theme invites parents, schools, educators, young people, and all stakeholders to consider how algorithms and influencers shape young people’s lives. In a world of endless online
On 7 January 2025, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), announced that Meta was ending its third-party fact-checking programme. This programme was instituted by Meta in 2016 to counter the spread of misinformation across its social media platforms. In his announcement, the CEO said concerns around ‘too much censorship’ had prompted the
Digital literacy underpins the ability to make informed choices about many of our daily tasks such as money management, health and social interaction. This is recognised by the national Adult Literacy for Life Programme, which has established the 2025 Collaboration and Innovation Fund for projects and activities that support adults with unmet literacy, numeracy, digital
On 4 December 2024, the Media Literacy Ireland annual conference took place at the Foundry in Dublin, kindly hosted by Google. MLI would like to thank Coimisiún na Meán, Google and all of the speakers, panellists, and attendees for making it such a success The theme of the conference was ‘Media Literacy for All’ and
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