Through interactive workshops and online modules, students developed essential research skills to navigate digital media and verify information online using tools like verifiko.info.

By applying a practical fact-checking process: 1. checking publication dates, 2. verifying reliable sources, and 3. researching visual context, students successfully identified and flagged recycled news stories that used outdated events to create a false impression of ongoing threats.

Check out the infographic below to see how critical thinking helps youth spot recycled media and verify context!

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The infographics were created with the support of the “Support to civil society in Kosovo” project, funded by the Embassy of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg in Pristina and implemented by LuxDev – Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.