The Council for Media Services (CMS) had a representative at the Media Literacy Expert Group conference on 26 February 2024 in Brussels. The Expert Group, chaired by the European Commission, shares best practices in media literacy among EU Member States and experts.
This year, the meeting focused on elections and the role of media literacy in the run-up to them. At the meeting, Romana Kontírová presented key findings from the CMS report - Monitoring of platform functionalities in the context of the Slovak parliamentary elections 2023. The report, with a detailed description and evaluation, is available on the Council for Media Services' website.
At the meeting, the current initiates of the European Digital Media Observatory, platforms' activities, AI literacy, and information about the current Creative Europe Programme, NEWS—Media Literacy (CREA-CROSS-2024-MEDIALITERACY), were presented (more information on the program can be found on the European Commission's website).