Empowering Media Literacy: Exploring Catfishing and Trolling on European Youth Information Day

This year ‘European Youth Information Day’ aims to equip young people with key tools & knowledge to become more media & information literate citizens. Let us raise awareness among young people on new concepts related to media use & literacy.

Catfish: a person who makes a fake identity account on social media, usually targeting a specific victim. It is quite common in dating apps.

Troll: someone who leaves intentionally annoying or offensive messages on the internet in order to upset someone, get attention or cause trouble.

Aġenzija Żgħażagħ  Eryica – European Youth Information and Counselling Agency

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