Launch of the Mexico Media and Information Literacy Network
UNESCO promotes Media and Information Literacy (MIL) facing the new challenges for freedom of expression, citizen participation, and for the consumption, production and transmission of information, such as information saturation, misinformation, false news and the dissemination of hate speech, but above all, it promotes MIL to identify and take advantage of alternative responses to this type of problem.
MIL is a combination of knowledge, attitudes, skills and practices that allow "access, analyze, evaluate, use, produce and communicate information and knowledge in an ethical, legal and creative way that respects human rights", therefore its promotion it is urgent.
In Mexico, UNESCO and the DW Akademie, led the creation of a plural and multisectoral cooperation group that promotes the development of knowledge, promotion and dissemination of the MIL competences and increasing the recognition of the importance of MIL in the country.
The MIL Alliance, created in 2013, already has five regional chapters. The México network would join the Latin American Network.
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30 August 2021
Mexico City - Mexico