Parliamentarians will discuss the government’s groundbreaking online security bill, which calls for social media platforms, search engines, and other applications and websites that allow people to publish content to improve the protection of their users.
Ofcom, the regulator, has the power to penalize companies that do not comply with the law by up to 10 percent of their annual global turnover, to force them to improve their practices, to block non-compliant websites. It is very possible that laws have strong means of protecting children from harmful content, such as pornography and child sexual abuse.
Ahead of Tuesday’s debate, the government is launching its next round stage: his: Online media literacy strategy. It aims to help vulnerable, “hard-to-reach” people, such as those with digital or low socioeconomic backgrounds, navigate the Internet safely, and teach them to detect fraud online.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) will spend միլիոն 2.5 million to move the plan forward next year, including training, research and expert advice. This includes a new Media Literacy Working Group, which includes subject matter experts, promotes the Media Literacy Foundation, which provides teachers and local service providers with the skills they need to teach people to improve their critical thinking about what they see online.
Critical thinking online has never been more important. During the global epidemic, misinformation and misinformation increased on social media այլ other online platforms և The Kremlin continues to use misinformation to target the UK և international audience to justify its actions in Ukraine.
A survey by Ofcom shows that adults are often overconfident in their ability to detect misinformation; 32 Only 32% of 12- to 17-year-olds know how to use online flagging or reporting features.
Forty percent of adult Internet users do not have the skills to critically evaluate online content, and children under the age of 15 are particularly vulnerable.
The new Media Literacy Working Group with 18 experts from a number of relevant organizations, including Meta, TikTok, Google, Twitter, Ofcom, the Telegraph, as well as universities and charities, will work with the government: as part of its strategy to combat misinformation. Vulnerable, vulnerable groups of the public are thinking about what they see on the Internet, including improving their data և their ability to protect privacy.
The working group will discuss ways to identify and reach new people in need of education. This may include working with local authorities or coordinating the support provided by local services for training.
The Media Literacy Foundation will expand the Practice Trainer program last year to give more skills to teachers, librarians, and youth workers to help develop people’s critical thinking skills.
New research will be conducted to understand the main causes of the deterioration of media literacy արդյունավետ the effectiveness of various methods aimed at developing people’s resistance to misinformation և misinformation.
The foundation will have a broader scope, including focusing on improving media literacy for people who are particularly vulnerable online, such as children or people with mental health problems.
Launched in July 2021, the Online Media Literacy Strategy has provided a 25 256,000 grant to five organizations to equip media literacy resources for teachers with children with disabilities, launch a successful awareness campaign to promote Safe Internet Day, and empower LGBT youth. tools to combat online abuse.
