Bryce visits Estonia and Finland where he discovers a shared border with Russia has made universal media literacy not just a nice to have, but existential. Interviewing the Estonian education minister, Kristina Kallas and Finnish government officials - he learns that digital literacy is now a priority at all levels of government - including the Ministries of Defence.
Links:
EU DisinfoLab’s Doppelganger
EU Digital Services Act
Estonia Women’s Voluntary Defence Organisation
Estonian Defence League
US Embassy - Estonia - Small Grants Program
Faktisk website
Faktisk media literacy arm, Tenk
NORDIS: The Nordic Hub for Digital and Information Disorder
Finland’s National Audio Visual Institute
Articles:
EU Prepares Major Penalties against Elon Musk’s X - New York Times
Fakitsk: Norway’s media literacy program - BBC
Finnish newspaper hides news reports in online game - The Guardian
This podcast has been made possible by the Winston Churchill Trust Australia
See Newshounds by Squiz Kids for information about our media literacy program for primary school children.
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