Tool4youth

Background Coronavirus disease (COVID -19) is the first pandemic in history to use technology and social media on a large scale to keep people safe, informed, productive, and connected. At the same time, the technology we rely on to stay connected and informed is enabling and amplifying an infodemic that continues to undermine the global response and compromise pandemic control measures. An infodemic is an overabundance of information, both online and offline. It is a deliberate attempt to spread false information in order to undermine the public health response and promote alternative agendas by groups or individuals. Misinformation and disinformation can harm people's physical and mental health, increase stigma, jeopardize valuable health gains, and lead to poor adherence to public health interventions, reducing their effectiveness and jeopardizing countries' ability to stop the pandemic. Misinformation costs lives. Without the necessary confidence and the right information, diagnostic tests will go unused, vaccination campaigns (or campaigns to promote effective vaccines) will not achieve their goals, and the virus will continue to spread. Moreover, disinformation polarizes public debate on issues related to COVID -19, amplifies hate speech, increases the risk of conflict, violence and human rights abuses, and threatens the long-term prospects for promoting democracy, human rights and social cohesion. The digital age has made it easy for anyone to create media. We don't always know who created something, why they made it, and whether it's credible. This makes media literacy tricky to learn and teach. Nonetheless, media literacy is an essential skill in the digital age. Objectives Our most related priority is to promote media literacy and to raise awareness about the false information that is present on a daily basis around the world. We believe that working with youth and youth workers we will take great attention to this issue to the wider community. As we need to make awareness of this global issue. The main objectives are: • to increase awareness on what news are fake, which resources are not trustwothy • to create a common consciousness to change the societies habits on believing in everything they hear or read • to promote EU funding projects to wider community. • to raise awareness to youth education and its deep effects at local, national and international level. • to enhance media literacy skills of youth • to improve design thinking, creativity, adaptability, resilience, and even empathy. • to develop communication, team-work, digital literacy, analyzing, research skills. • to create innovative ideas, questioning and problem solving skills. • to reach 2000 people with our project and make awareness to wider community. • to hand in our production result e toolkit – comic strip to 1000 people. • to reach 100 people with Multiplier Event at local and national level, • to reach 1000 person with our project website, social media, youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Erasmus The content of this page is published for information purposes only. The project was funded by the European Union. However, the communication about the project that is published through this page expresses the views of the project beneficiaries only and it does not represent the views of the European Union or the European Commission. It shall not be deemed to constitute legal or official notice on behalf of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for this content nor the use thereof made by any third parties. Page 2 of 4 2021-2-PT02-KA220-YOU-000048125 Generated on: Jan 9, 2026 Project Results Platform, EPALE,