How can young people protect themselves in an era of artificial intelligence, deepfakes and digital manipulation?
Join our second Nordic Youth Media Lab training workshop:
📅 Date: 30 April 2026
📍 Online via MS Teams
AI-Driven Information Warfare: Disinformation and Youth Cognitive Resilience
Can You Spot Fake News Before It Spreads?
Artificial intelligence is changing how information spreads online. Deepfakes, fake news, bots, manipulated videos, conspiracy narratives, and emotional propaganda increasingly target young people through TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Telegram, and other platforms.
Join this practical and interactive workshop to learn how to recognize manipulation, verify content, protect your thinking, and become digitally resilient.
Training duration: 2 hour 30 minutes
Target Group: Youth (14–30), students, young leaders, youth workers
Training Format: Interactive practical training- workshop with exercises, discussion, media examples, self-reflection
Training Description
Young people today are constantly exposed to AI-generated manipulation: fake news, deepfakes, emotional propaganda, bots, hate campaigns, conspiracy narratives, and algorithmic influence.
This practical workshop helps youth understand how AI-driven information warfare targets emotions, attention, identity, and thinking patterns. It also develops cognitive resilience — the ability to stay calm, think critically, question manipulation, resist emotional triggers, and make informed decisions online.
The training combines media literacy with psychological self-defense.
What You Will Learn:
How AI is used in disinformation campaigns How to recognize fake news, deepfakes, bots, and manipulation How emotions are used to influence people online Practical fact-checking methods How to strengthen cognitive resilience How youth can respond responsibly online
Training Agenda
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome & Icebreaker: Who controls your attention?
10:10 – 11:00 AI Information Warfare Explained
11:00 – 11:15 Practical Exercise: Spot the Fake
11:15 – 11:25 Short break
11:25 – 12:00 Cognitive Resilience: How the Brain Gets Hacked
12:00 – 12:15 Team Challenge: Pause – Think – Verify
12:30 – 13:00 Build Your Personal Mental Armor
13:00 – 13:30 Closing Reflection & Q&A
Interactive Activities Include
Spot the Fake Challenge
Psychological manipulation awareness
Fact-checking teamwork challenge
Personal resilience toolkit
Why Join?
Because in the AI age, media literacy is self-defense.
Learn practical tools you can use every day online.
Registration: https://www.feminary.fi/proje%d1%81ts/media/
JOIN: Topic: Media and AI
Time: Apr 30, 2026 11:00 AM Helsinki
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NB! Don’t let algorithms think for you. Learn how to stay informed, aware, and resilient.
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