Bryce visits Estonia and Finland where he discovers a shared border with Russia has made universal media literacy not just a nice to have, but existential. Interviewing the Estonian education minister, Kristina Kallas and Finnish government officials - he learns that digital literacy is now a priority at all levels of government - including the Ministries of Defence.

Links:

EU DisinfoLab’s Doppelganger

EU Digital Services Act

Estonia Women’s Voluntary Defence Organisation

Estonian Defence League

US Embassy - Estonia - Small Grants Program

Faktisk website

Faktisk media literacy arm, Tenk

NORDIS: The Nordic Hub for Digital and Information Disorder

Finland’s National Audio Visual Institute

Articles:

EU Prepares Major Penalties against Elon Musk’s X - New York Times

Fakitsk: Norway’s media literacy program - BBC

Finnish newspaper hides news reports in online game - The Guardian

This podcast has been made possible by the Winston Churchill Trust Australia

See Newshounds by Squiz Kids for information about our media literacy program for primary school children. 

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