The Workshop in Box, a media literacy resource developed by EDMO Ireland for the national Be Media Smart campaign, has recently got an Irish version that is available on the Media Literacy Ireland website. The translation was organized by An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG), a government body linked to the Department of […]
The New Be Media Smart national campaign officially started on the 24th of October and it encourages people across Ireland to ‘Stop, Think, Check’ when they encounter information. Coordinated by Media Literacy Ireland and supported by a wide range of members, the campaign aims to raise awareness of the disinformation problem among the population and provide […]
EDMO Ireland Policy Lead, Kirsty Park, alongside Stephan Mündges from the GADMO hub presented results from the first CoP Monitor report to the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) Subgroup on Countering disinformation and strengthening democracy in the digital environment. The CoP Monitor report is based on an international collaboration of 9 academics […]
A public consultation has opened for the National Counter Disinformation Strategy. EDMO Ireland is an invited member of the working group that is developing the strategy. Following five months of meetings and presentations, including presentations by EDMO’s Eileen Culloty and Kirsty Park, the working group came up with a scoping paper. It identifies a range […]
The biggest platforms claim they take the fight against disinformation seriously, however, the evidence they provide for this claim is lacking. That’s according to the CoP Monitor, a new report led by EDMO Ireland Policy Lead Dr Kirsty Park. The project was coordinated by the Ireland and GADMO hubs and features contributions from the ADMO and […]
EDMO Ireland is pleased to partner with Media Literacy Ireland in a series of Media Literacy training workshops for community leaders, coaches, teachers and librarians. In today’s media environment, it is very important that individuals have access to good-quality information to make well-informed choices, but unfortunately, not all information has the same value, accuracy, or reliability. Therefore, […]
EDMO Ireland and FuJo made a submission to the public consultation on the Junior Cycle Digital Media Literacy Short Course that was organized by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. The development of the DML short course has been one of the most significant achievements for media literacy education in the Irish educational system and this […]
Twitter made headlines recently when it decided to exit from the EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation. In response, European Commissioner Thierry Breton took to Twitter to caution the platform, tweeting, “You can run but you can’t hide,” in reference to the Digital Services Act (DSA). Given these developments, many may have questions about the […]
On Wednesday, Disinformation and its Implications for Security and Defence was co-hosted by the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), an international affairs think tank, and the Belgian Embassy, as a national contact point for NATO. Ireland is not a member of NATO, but does cooperate with the alliance. In such countries, the embassy […]
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Why it’s so easy to fall for fake AI images
EDMO Ireland’s media literacy coordinator, Ricardo Castellini da Silva, spoke to RTÉ Brainstorm about fake viral images. After a fake image of Pope Francis in a white puffer jacket went viral, RTÉ Brainstorm wonder what the future holds for judging the veracity of digital images. DCU Professor Alan Smeaton explained that the image was successful […]