Fake News (Not final name)

Doing these Corona times, discussions are floating with questions of who to believe in regards to our safety and the exact impact of the virus.
What is the correct way of behaving now?
Should I really stay at home?
Will increasing my intake of vitamin C safe me?
Are we all going to die?
Youth needs ways to increase critical thinking towards online posts, and be aware of their own role in the digital world. Youth can easily be manipulated and guided in the wrong direction.

Confusion roams in the online space and especially with all the social media content, and we want to help find ways of understanding the content, as well as bring awareness of the youngsters own participation to the online forum.
We want to:
bring awareness of the issue
build understanding amongst the youth
create a safe space for sharing experiences
enhance the critical thinking amongst the youth
inform about freedom of expression

We will focus on developing skills to navigate the extreme amount of data, that is floating on the internet, and we will help the youth to gather the information needed for themselves.
The youngsters will be aware of fake news and they will have the skills to distinguish the good information from the bad.
They will gain the competence of reflecting on the information gathered and to be able to express their own views on the topic at hand.
The participants will learn how to communicate properly in an online forum and will gain knowledge of ex. cyberbullying.
Critical thinking will be increased and the youngsters will be willing to help change the spreading of fake news.