Online self-learning tool raising awareness about narratives within radical and extremist communication through TikTok. It helps young people recognize, classify and critically reflect on hate speech, disinformation, discriminatory narratives and anti-democratic content on social media. It uses a social-media-style interface and supports digital civic courage and responsible online participation.
Why it matters for ENACT-AI
SwipeAway explicitly uses AI-generated images, videos and audio to reflect current digital media environments and demonstrate the possibilities of AI-based content creation. It also develops critical media literacy, helping learners question online content, recognize manipulation and understand how platform features influence perception.
Learning outcomes
Learners can identify hate speech, discriminatory and anti-democratic narratives; recognize common manipulation and concealment strategies; critically evaluate social-media content; understand how platform features can influence users; reflect on their own social-media behaviour; and identify possible responses to harmful online content.
Suggested activity
Learners individually complete the SwipeAway scenarios on a smartphone/tablet, making decisions about problematic social-media posts. Afterwards, conduct a group debrief: Which posts were difficult to identify? What clues helped? How can AI-generated or manipulated content affect our judgement? What can young people do when they encounter hate or disinformation online?