CLICKBAIT Youth Exchange

Social media are easily available to disseminate false information deliberately. Thus, initially, independent and open platforms for communication are being exploited for subversions and political manipulation. In our opinion, young people should become multipliers in developing critical skills

and promoting social media literacy. However, as our previous experience shows, a lot of youngsters do not have the necessary skills to filter the massive amount of information and check its credibility. This is especially relevant for youth with fewer opportunities. Therefore, young leaders from participating organisations have decided to take a proactive position and elaborate a strategy to deal with social media manipulations by implementing the "Clickbait" project.

The project "Clickbait" was developed by young people to create a grassroots movement of critical thinking and filtering information. We face fake news in social media every day and sometimes also become victims of disinformation, sharing fakes with families and friends. We strongly…