Foster Awareness on the relevance of Checking the Truth

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Disinformation is a constantly evolving phenomenon that has a high potential to negatively influence democratic processes and social debates. It can affect, for example, the democratic debate and the expression of the vote, given on the basis of certain fake news that change and modify the orientation of the people and make the voter express a preference with a will vitiated by false news.The proposal will directly benefit Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Greece, Lithuania, Romania, Finland, Poland, Italy, as EU countries where people are less confident in their ability to recognize fake news (Flash Eurobarometer 464 – Fake news and disinformation) and in the EU political system as a whole (Flash Eurobarometer 464 – Fake-news and disinformation) and less confident to the EU political system (Eurobarometro 91.5 – 2019). It is also important to underline that age is a crucial element in identifying people who are more likely to be persuaded by fake news and less likely to vote: older respondents, in fact, are less confident in their ability to identify fake news (63% of those aged 55 or older are confident, compared to 78% of other age groups). Thus, the project has the aim of gathering a diverse range of people from different backgrounds (age, gender, level of education) in activities directly linked to EU policies against disinformation (Specific Objective), enabling young participants to deepen their knowledge of the EU institutions and policies (R1) for making them able to contribute in first person in reaching those citizens not active in civic participation in their everyday life (R2) thus reducing the influence of the disinformation on the EU democratic life (R3) basing on debunking of fake-news.