Curious minds sort facts from fakes
We enable children and teachers to resist online disinformation and polarisation, to understand ethical journalism, and we work with policymakers to effect change.
Our mission
Lie Detectors is an independent, award-winning and journalist-driven non-profit organisation working to advance media literacy and counter the corrosive effect of online polarisation on democracy. We do this by training and matching professional journalists with thousands of teachers and classrooms. We work to foster curious and critical thinkers capable of navigating our complex digital information world.
We believe digital media literacy must be recognised and taught as a core literacy - alongside reading and writing, and essential to all learning.
What we do
Training newsrooms and journalists
We work with more than 500 professional journalists whom we have trained to provide trusted, authentic and engaging lessons in media literacy for teachers and children aged 10-15. Our training enables newsrooms to engage with local audiences.
Empowering teachers and schoolchildren
Lie Detectors workshops for children are award-winning, playful, inclusive and free or charge. We’ve trained more than 100,000 children across Europe. Teacher-training seminars are hosted by schools, universities, educational authorities, eTwinning, and Unesco.
Researching impact and informing policy
Our on-the-ground insights feed our work with leading researchers, expert networks and formal expert advisory processes. Like the OECD and EU, we call for digital media literacy to be taught by all teachers in all school subjects, and for regulators to defend citizens’ digital rights.
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Newsrooms & journalists
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Teachers & teacher-trainers
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Partners & policymakers
View findings, work with us and adopt best practice
