Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Online Safety, Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Discussion
Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
That is interesting. In Finland, therefore, there is a great focus on education and media literacy is taught within schools. Obviously, as Dr. Pekkala said, a lot of that is about the technical aspect and access to these platforms. One of the reasons this session is being held relates to the incidents of violence and upheaval in our capital city a number of months ago, and the call on social media platforms and social media giants to take some responsibility for their role in the spread of misinformation and disinformation. How is that education done within the school system? Am I correct in assuming that there is an effort within education and the teaching of media literacy for young people in particular to show responsibility for their own actions and the type of content they share or engage with?
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