Readin’, writin’ and recognizing fake news.
Italy has reportedly launched a program to instruct students how to handle a deluge of false information and conspiracy theories in the digital age.
The Italian government is working with web giants, including Facebook, to teach the kids how to verify news by looking for sources and evidence, according to The New York Times.
“Fake news drips drops of poison into our daily web diet and we end up infected without even realizing it,” Laura Boldrini, an Italian journalist and politician who helped launch the project, told the Times.
“It’s only right to give these kids the possibility to defend themselves from lies.”
The program will launch in thousand of high school across Italy later this month.
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