Digital Resistance Project

https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/charter-edc-hre-pilot-projects/strengthening-digital-resilience-in-georgia

Georgia - Strengthening Digital Resilience Raise the awareness of Civic Education teachers, key stakeholder and multipliers of the educational field and the civil society of Georgia on addressing fake news and false information in the classrooms.

Our handbook for teachers, which also provides major insights into our project, is finally out in English (more languages to follow)! 👏🤓🎉

The handbook includes substantial background knowledge and guides teachers through the process of enquiry-based learning tackling issues of "fake news" and discrimination. Additionally, a lot of small activities and recommendations have been added to make it a useful tool in class!

The handbook (and additional material) is available through the project website: https://digi-res.eu/the-digital-handbook/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-fact-check.amp.html

Tracking Trump’s Claims on the Threat From Coronavirus President Trump has made a series of rosy — and sometimes false — statements on the virus and the U.S. response.

See a post without credentials - fact check it

Greenwich Council have removed a Lee Rigby memorial Greenwich council have removed a memorial stone to Lee Rigby and replaced it with an official memorial.

See something that raises your blood pressure - always best to check with a fact checker - although that won't automatically bring your blood pressure down!

Fact-check: Did Boris Johnson call Scottish people a 'verminous race'? "The Scotch – what a verminous race!"; "It’s time Hadrian’s Wall was refortified, to pen them in a ghetto on the other…

Last week we presented our project at the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg. We received valuable feedback and got the opportunity to learn about other initiatives in the field of education against disinformation. More information at the official homepage: https://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy/lab-4-building-resilience-to-disinformation

Workshop sessions with Alessandro Bozzetti (University of Bologna), Silvano Fuso (CICAP scuola) and Gianluca Liva (factcheckers.it)

The psychologist Daniela Villani underlines that "Fake news are highly emotional news. Young people are exremly sensible to emotional stimulation... and therefore to fake news."

Francesco Costa, journalist of Il Post, points out: "The real problem are not the fake news, but the reason why fake news exist: cultural backwardness."