The project is aimed at spreading among youngsters, information and awareness to make them more conscious about:
• the veracity of information they get
• how people/companies could use their data
• potential attempts of manipulation hidden inside social media and YouTube
FREEYOU is aimed at designing, testing and spreading educational blended resources, making youngsters informed, aware, empowered. The project will experiment with innovative ways to make youth aware of the risks of manipulation and misunderstanding while using social media and digital tools, to be informed and free to choose and decide, even in front of the insidious deep news.
With this aim we’ll design, develop and test an interactive educational package for introducing young students to 3 key concepts of the digital information landscape:
1) fact-checking (social media verification, video/pictures authentication, source checking)
2) news distribution and amplification (filter bubbles, algorithmic filtering, viral content circulation)
3) artificial intelligence (deep fakes, synthetic media, etc)
Contact Person:
Haris Zacharatos
Email: haris@cellock.com
Project Info
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Acronym:
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FREE YOU
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Website:
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N/A
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Funder:
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Call Media Literacy for All – DG Connect
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Project Funding:
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€ 238,546
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Duration:
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12 months
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Starting Date:
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01/07/2020
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End Date:
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31/6/2021
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Partners
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MEET – Milano, Italy
INOVA+ – Matosinhos, Portugal
CYENS CoE – Nicosia, Cyprus
University of Thessaly – Volos, Greece
IDEA Municipality of Alzira – Alzira, Spain
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