Global Media and Information Literacy Week: Learn to Verify Before Sharing

In Kinshasa, Global Media and Information Literacy Week brings together specialists, journalists and education stakeholders to promote critical thinking about online content. UNESCO defines media and information literacy as the skills needed to find, analyze and critically assess information, and use it responsibly. Young people get news through platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp and X, where rumors, manipulated content and out-of-context images can spread quickly. Specialists advise checking a post’s source and reading beyond sensational headlines before sharing it.