Interventions for Tackling Disinformation

Interventions for Tackling Disinformation workstream focuses on equipping individuals with the skills and knowledge to critically evaluate media content and identify various intervention to tackle disinformation.

Upcoming Paper on Media Information Literacy Interventions

The workstream is in the process of writing a paper on the use of Media Information Literacy interventions on disinformation that is to be published later in 2025.

Co-chairs

Sasha Havlicek

Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Strategic Dialogue 

Rachel Ball

Head of Risk and Controls, Trust & Safety, Google

How can media information literacy help tackle mis-disinformation?


  • Map out effective media information literacy programs and initiatives contributing to tackling mis-disinformation.
  • Compile and disseminate best practices, methodologies, and approaches in the field.
  • Identify and define essential content and skills to be included in media information literacy curricula to combat mis-disinformation.
  • Develop guidelines and recommendations for stakeholders, including companies and governments, to implement media information literacy programs that reduce the speed of misleading or false information.