AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
AI, Environment & Society
Youth Safeguarding
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Digital youth magazine on AI. Interactive digital media magazine for children that develops safe, confident and competent media use through videos, stories, quizzes, games, tests, interviews and practical activities. Topics include AI, misinformation, digital democracy, social media, data protection, gaming and digital sustainability.
▤ educational website◷ 15-60 minutes◎ English
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
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Materials designed to teach disinformation, digital source verification and journalistic fact-checking tools. Peer-to-peer digital media literacy resource where teenagers create and use video fact-checks to learn how to identify misinformation, verify sources, investigate images and videos, and critically evaluate social-media content. It includes free lesson plans designed for approximately one school lesson.
▤ fact-checking exercises◷ 45–60 min◎ German
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Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
Youth Safeguarding
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Modular media-education Actionkit with interactive exercises about TikTok use, digital wellbeing, hate speech, digital civic courage, misinformation, democracy and critical media consumption. It is designed for young people and can be used in schools, youth work and other educational settings.
▤ discussion activities◷ 30-90 minutes◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
AI, Environment & Society
Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
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Online test for youth to learn about their behaviour to manage and identify digital news content. Interactive digital news literacy test and educational resource that helps young people assess information, recognize misinformation, check facts, understand media systems, and reflect on their own media use. It includes the Newstest, age-specific variants, digital tools, teaching materials, and […]
▤ digital educational tools◷ 15–45 min◎ German
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
AI, Environment & Society
Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
Youth Safeguarding
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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.
▤ digital educational resource◷ 15–45 min◎ German
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Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
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An annual global assessment of democratic development, democratic decline and autocratization. The 2026 report analyses democracy through electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative and egalitarian dimensions and examines global trends, autocratizing/ democratizing countries, freedom of expression, media, civil society, elections and checks and balances.
▤ comparative democracy index◷ 60-90 minutes◎ English
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
Information, Media & Power
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A UNESCO handbook providing educators and journalism trainers with a structured approach to understanding and teaching fake news, misinformation, disinformation, information disorder, verification and fact-checking. It contains teaching modules covering topics such as digital/ social-media literacy and verification practices.
▤ Educational handbook◷ 45–90 min◎ English
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
Youth Safeguarding
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A European Parliament study examining how digital participation tools and AI can promote citizen engagement in EU policymaking. It analyses 94 digital participation tools worldwide, examines 11 representative cases in depth, identifies benefits and limitations, and proposes policy options, governance requirements, safeguards and technical approaches for connecting citizens’ voices with institutional decision-making.
▤ evidence-based reference resource◷ 60-90 minutes◎ English
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
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A Council of Europe youth study session focused on strengthening young people’s democratic literacy, media participation and digital resilience. It brings together young journalists, content creators, activists and media makers to explore disinformation, digital literacy, AI ethics, civic storytelling and youth participation. The programme includes a Media Literacy Toolkit track, Civic Story Seeds and a […]
▤ civic projects◷ 40 hours◎ English
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AI, Environment & Society
Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
Youth Safeguarding
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Compass is the Council of Europe’s practical manual for human rights education with young people. It provides a comprehensive framework for educators, youth workers and facilitators, combining background information on human rights with practical activities, participatory methods and tools for taking action. The resource covers themes including democracy, citizenship and participation, media, environment, discrimination, migration, […]
▤ Background information on human rights◎ English
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
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The InVID Verification Plugin is a browser-based verification toolkit designed to help users investigate and verify images and videos circulating on social media. It brings together several verification functions, including reverse image search, video keyframe extraction, metadata analysis, contextual analysis, image magnification, forensic filters, advanced social-media searches and video rights information. It was originally developed […]
▤ browser plugin◷ 15–45 min◎ English
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AI Literacy & Critical Thinking
AI, Environment & Society
Information, Media & Power
Youth Participation & Democracy
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First Draft is an extensive collection of educational resources focused on misinformation, disinformation, verification, media literacy and the wider information ecosystem. Although the organisation operated from 2015 to 2022, its website preserves a substantial library of training courses, research, guides, classroom resources and practical tools. The materials cover topics such as online verification, manipulated media, […]
▤ case studies◷ 1 hour◎ English
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