Youth today face an information environment dominated by algorithms, hidden incentives, and increasingly sophisticated misinformation. While access to information has never been greater, the ability to reliably judge what is true has not kept pace. "Check the source.” “Be sceptical.” We've all heard it before, but in a digital ecosystem that rewards speed, emotion, and virality above all else, that advice is no longer enough on its own.
In this session, we introduce Truethos, an education initiative focused on building practical, real-world information literacy for the digital age. Apart from simple fact-checking, Truethos equips learners with an understanding of how misinformation is produced, why it spreads, and how it exploits human cognition.
Participants will explore how false narratives are engineered, how platform dynamics amplify them, and how generative AI is changing the scale and precision of manipulation. The session emphasises active, experiential learning approaches that help students transfer these skills directly to their everyday online lives.
Designed for students, educators and anyone interested in future-ready education, this event addresses a critical gap in how societies prepare young people to think clearly, critically, and resiliently in an adversarial information environment.
