Audio By Carbonatix
There are more young people online than ever in our current age of misinformation, and Facebook is developing resources to help youths better navigate the internet in a positive, responsible way.
Facebook has launched a Digital Literacy Library in partnership with the Youth and Media team at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. The interactive lessons and videos can be downloaded for free, and they’re meant to be used in the classroom, in after-school programs, or at home.
Created from more than 10 years of academic research and “built in consultation with teens,” the curriculum is divided into five themes: Privacy and Reputation, Identity Exploration, Positive Behavior, Security, and Community Engagement. There are 18 lessons in total, available in English; there are plans to add 45 more languages. Lessons can be divided into three different age groups between 11 and 18, and they cover everything from having healthy relationships online (group activities include discussing scenarios like “over-texting”) to recognizing phishing scams.
Image: Facebook
The Digital Literacy Library is part of Facebook’s Safety Center as well as a larger effort to provide digital literacy skills to nonprofits, small businesses, and community colleges. Though it feels like a step in the right direction, curiously missing from the lesson plans are any mentions of “fake news.”
Facebook has worked on a news literacy campaign with the aim of reducing the spread of false news before. But given the company’s recent announcements admitting to the discovery of “inauthentic” social media campaigns ahead of the midterm elections, it’s strange that the literacy library doesn’t call attention to spotting potential problems on its own platform.
Latest Stories
-
Ghana faces a deadly gap between rising heat and its slow-growing electricity supply – Report
24 minutes -
Climate change projected to cause more AC adoption for the wealthy and shorter lives for the poor – Report
31 minutes -
UBA Ghana calls for deeper collaboration with faith-based organisations to support vulnerable communities
2 hours -
2026 Commonwealth Games: Zinabu Issah wins Ghana’s first medal
2 hours -
Rogers and Palmer can play together – Alonso
2 hours -
Diomande agrees Real Madrid terms as PSG step away
3 hours -
Inter in advanced talks with England defender Stones
3 hours -
Chelsea open talks to sign Henderson and Welbeck
3 hours -
Ex-convict jailed for unlawful entry and stealing
3 hours -
Unemployed gets 12 years jail term for robbing a traderÂ
3 hours -
AG hauls former N.N. Est, M.N.D. Metals General Manager to court over alleged $280,000 theft Â
4 hours -
Interior Ministry inaugurates new Audit Committee to strengthen accountability
4 hours -
IMF describes Ghana’s ECF programme as broadly satisfactorily
4 hours -
Christians urged to embrace spiritual authority, become agents of transformation in society
4 hours -
Fuel price hikes driven by international trends, not OMC margins — COMAC
4 hours