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Media literacy

Modern media literacy programs and tech to inoculate people from the misinformation they encounter

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malaespinacheck.cl/chatbot-fact-checking

Chatbot de Mala Espina

El Chatbot de Mala Espina es una herramienta de inteligencia artificial diseñada para enseñar a verificar noticias y datos y ayudar a combatir la desinformación.

Chile 🇨🇱
Bots, Media literacy, Factchecking
European Democracy Shield
ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2660

European Democracy Shield

The European Democracy Shield and the EU Strategy for Civil Society present measures to protect the key pillars of our democratic systems: free people, free and fair elections, free and independent me...

Brussels
since 2025
Govtech, Voting and elections, Fight disinformation
New York Public Library (NYPL)
nypl.org

New York Public Library (NYPL)

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Media literacy
ACY Learning Hub
acylearninghub.us

ACY Learning Hub

E-learning Platform for Myanmar Youth, including Public Engagement courses on media literacy, digital safety, and news literacy.

Myanmar (Myăma) 🇲🇲
Learn about civic tech, Civic literacy, Media literacy
Debunker Assistant
debunker-assistant.com

Debunker Assistant

Debunker-Assistant is your go-to tool for debunking fake news online.

Turin, Italy
Fight disinformation, Media literacy, Media
Open Politics Project
open-politics.org

Open Politics Project

The mission is to create an open-source data science and AI toolkit to analyse, summarise, and visualise political information.

Berlin
since 2024
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Media literacy
Digital Wellbeing Initiative
thedwi.org/about-us

Digital Wellbeing Initiative

The Digital Wellbeing Initiative in Sri Lanka is a project that collaborates with youth, technology professionals, artists, and policymakers to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge...

Colombo, Sri Lanka
since 2021
Polarization, Media literacy, Digital literacy
mental health, Peace, justice, and strong institutions
European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)
edmo.eu

European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)

the EU’s largest interdisciplinary network to counter disinformation.

Florence
Fight disinformation, Factchecking, Media literacy
S.T.I.R.N.A
stirna.info

S.T.I.R.N.A

"S.T.I.R.NA" is an initiative aimed at providing information about media owners and ad spending in a simple and convenient manner.

Vilnius, Lithuania
Media literacy, Watchdogging and transparency, Watchdogging the media
private data public good
Villantott
chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/villantott/acponbbjgfjkofdhadlnihcbanidjdol

Villantott

Google Chrome Add-on for selecting the most interesting articles of the origo.hu propaganda news website.

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺
News and blogs, Media literacy, Media
extensions
#teyitpedia
teyit.org/teyitpedia

#teyitpedia

dijitalde eleştirel düşünme becerileri kazandıran, yanlış bilgi sorununa dikkat çeken, teyitçi gibi düşünmeye katkı sağlayan yazılardan oluşur.

Turkey (Turkiye) 🇹🇷
Media, Media literacy, Fight disinformation
Cat Park
tiltstudio.co/solutions/cases/cat-park

Cat Park

A game to arm people against disinformation

Games and gamification, Fight disinformation, Media
ERSILIA
ersilia.fr/authentification

ERSILIA

Ersilia Est Une Plateforme Collaborative D’éducation À L’image

Paris
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
youth, trainings
Stop Your Government
stopyourgovernment.djnd.si

Stop Your Government

The interactive story game aims to inspire young people to stand for what they believe is right and become active in civil society and non-governmental organizations.

Ljubljana
Media literacy, Games and gamification
Civic Listening Corps
ati.io/civic-listening-corps

Civic Listening Corps

The CLC is a volunteer network of individuals trained to monitor for, critically evaluate, and report misinformation on diverse topics central to our civic life: voting, elections, public health, civi...

Washington, DC
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
Penplusbytes
penplusbytes.org

Penplusbytes

Established on the 18th of July 2001, Penplusbytes is a not-for-profit organization driving change through innovations in three key areas: using new digital technologies to enable good governance and...

Ghana 🇬🇭
since 2001
Media literacy, Watchdogging and transparency, Consumer watchdogging
Viral Spiral
tattle.co.in/products/viral-spiral

Viral Spiral

Viral Spiral is an adaptive digital card game about sharing news on the Internet. The game reflects the ways and reasons misinformation is shared, letting players experience first hand the temptation...

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Media, Fight disinformation, Games and gamification
Media Matters for Democracy Courses
mediamatters.pk/lp-courses

Media Matters for Democracy Courses

Two courses - Understanding Citizen Journalism and Digital Disinformation and Journalistic Responsibilities

Pakistan 🇵🇰
Fight disinformation, Media literacy, Courses
UNESCO's online media & information literacy (MIL) course
unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/media-development/media-literacy/online-mil-and-intercultural-dialogue-courses

UNESCO's online media & information literacy (MIL) course

Faced with the choice between privacy and safety on the Internet, between freely expressing themselves and the ethical use of information, the media and technology – women, men and young boys and girl...

Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
United Nations
The Vaccine Safety Project
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vaccine_safety

The Vaccine Safety Project

Strengthening information on vaccine safety on Wikipedia

San Francisco
Media, Fight disinformation, COVID Media Projects
Wikipedia
Sure and Share Center
stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/sure-and-share-center

Sure and Share Center

Thai News Agency’s ‘Sure andShare’ project, which encourages audience members to submit questions they have about content, rumours or stories circulating on the messaging app LINE.

Thailand (Prathet Thai) 🇹🇭
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
LINE
StopFake
stopfake.org

StopFake

The non­governmental organization Media Reforms Center is an educational platform, founded by Mohyla School of Journalism at National University of ‘Kyiv­Mohyla Academy’, which aims to implement high...

Kyiv
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
Putting Civic Online Reason In Civics Class
sheg.stanford.edu/civic-online-reasoning

Putting Civic Online Reason In Civics Class

The COR curriculum was developed by the Stanford History Education Group as part of MediaWise—a partnership of SHEG, the Poynter Institute, and the Local Media Association.

Stanford, CA
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
Siberkreasi
siberkreasi.id

Siberkreasi

SiBerkreasi is a national movement to overcome the biggest potential threats that are being faced by Indonesia, namely the spread of negative content through the internet such as hoaxes, cyberbullying...

Jakarta
Media, Fight disinformation, Digital literacy
Sobrevivendo nas Redes (Surviving on the networks)
internetlab.org.br/pt/projetos/sobrevivendo-nas-redes

Sobrevivendo nas Redes (Surviving on the networks)

The "Surviving the Networks" project aims to strengthen civic culture in Brazil by offering information and strategies on how to better inform oneself in social networks.

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
Institute for Development of Freedom of Information MEMORY AND DISINFORMATION STUDIES
idfi.ge/en/pagel/category/researches/soviet-studies

Institute for Development of Freedom of Information MEMORY AND DISINFORMATION STUDIES

Within the disinformation and memory studies direction, the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) team is developing tools in several ways.

Tbilisi
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
RESIST Counter Disinformation Toolkit
gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/publications/resist-counter-disinformation-toolkit

RESIST Counter Disinformation Toolkit

UK government toolkit to help support the dissemination of reliable, truthful information that underpins our democracy.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
United Kingdom (government)
Project Look Sharp Media Curriculum
projectlooksharp.org

Project Look Sharp Media Curriculum

Project Look Sharp is a nonprofit, mission-driven outreach program of Ithaca College.

Ithaca, New York
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
students
PolitiTruth
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cinqmarsmedia.polititruth&hl=en

PolitiTruth

PolitiTruth is a non-profit game of distinguishing political fact from fiction.

Media, Fight disinformation, Games and gamification
apps
OwlFactor
owlfactor.com

OwlFactor

OwlFactor automatically calculates the quality of an article based on four factors

Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
NewseumED
newseumed.org

NewseumED

NewseumED.org offers free resources to cultivate the First Amendment and media literacy skills essential to civic life.

Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
free speech
Newscheck
internews.org/newscheck-fight-against-misinformation-empowering-citizens-india-through-news-literacy

Newscheck

Strengthening our resolve to support the fight against misinformation in India, Internews is delighted to announce that in partnership with DataLEADS and with the support of Google.org, we will be lau...

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
News Literacy Project
newslit.org

News Literacy Project

"The News Literacy Project is a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan, independent programs that teach students how to know what to believe in the digital age." - Counteringdisinformation....

Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
students
Media LIT
edx.org/course/media-lit-overcoming-information-overload

Media LIT

EDx course on media literacy. It helps us understand, analyze and create media.

Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
Learn to Discern (L2D) - Media Literacy Training
irex.org/project/learn-discern

Learn to Discern (L2D) - Media Literacy Training

IREX’s Learn to Discern approach builds resilience to manipulative information by empowering those who engage with media and information to navigate it in a safe, critical, responsible, healthy, and e...

Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
trainings
Making Sense of the News course
coursera.org/learn/news-literacy

Making Sense of the News course

Never before has the need for News Literacy been more urgent.

Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
Humble Media Genius
pbskids.org/fetch/ruff

Humble Media Genius

PBS youth media literacy effort. "This is a pilot – a test – with Ruff Ruffman videos looking at the red-hot topic of how kids can and should use media and technology."

Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
youth
First Draft News resources
firstdraftnews.org/training

First Draft News resources

These online courses, toolkits and resources are designed to help both journalists and the public build expertise and stay one step ahead of misinformation.

Columbia University, New York, NY
Media, Fight disinformation, Toolkits
resources, toolkits, trainings
FactBar
faktabaari.fi/assets/FactBar_EDU_Fact-checking_for_educators_and_future_voters_13112018.pdf

FactBar

The Digital Literacy Curriculum, focused on disinfo detection, was developed with the Finnish government for integration in schools, supported by the EU Parliament.

Finland (Suomi) 🇫🇮
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
students
Digital Enquirer Kit
digitalenquirerkit.atingi.org

Digital Enquirer Kit

The Digital Enquirer Kit is centered around misinformation, fact-based research and digital security.

Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
guides
CrashCourse Media Literacy
youtube.com/watch?v=sPwJ0obJya0&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtM6jSpzb5gMNsx9kdmqBfmY&index=1&ab_channel=CrashCourse

CrashCourse Media Literacy

In 12 episodes, Jay Smooth teaches you Media Literacy! Based on an introductory college level curriculum, this series takes you through the history and psychology of media and gives you the skills to...

Media, Fight disinformation, Shows and films
Checkology
get.checkology.org

Checkology

Checkology’s lessons and other resources show you how to navigate today’s challenging information landscape.

since 2024
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
trainings, 2024 Webby Awards
Be Internet Awesome
beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com

Be Internet Awesome

Google's digital media literacy training for kids

Mountain View, CA
Media, Fight disinformation, Media literacy
youth
Annir Initiative
annir.ly

Annir Initiative

Annir is a non-partisan digital initiative specialized in raising awareness about Media & Information Literacy and Digital Safety.

Libya (Libiyah) 🇱🇾
Media, Fight disinformation, Factchecking
Calling Bullshit course
callingbullshit.org/syllabus.html

Calling Bullshit course

Each of our lectures will explore one specific facet of bullshit. For each week, a set of required readings are assigned. For some weeks, supplementary readings are also provided for those who wish to...

since 2017
Courses, Learn about civic tech, The People
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