73-year old Nerio Salaveria of Zamboanga del Norte is among the trainees of the ASEAN Digital Literacy Programme (ASEAN-DLP), led by the ASEAN Foundation and supported by Google.org. The program aims to teach media literacy to various age groups in different communities, especially to understand misinformation and disinformation. Trainees who attend the program are bound to become trainers themselves to help roll out the media literacy curriculum in their respective communities.
In an increasingly digital world, information transfers faster than ever. And while this is a good thing, the challenge now comes in sifting through a myriad of information and identifying what is credible.
For 73-year-old Nerio Salaveria, learning how to spot misinformation is a powerful skill that helps him and his community make informed decisions.
“I used to have such a hard time understanding what is mis/disinformation. With so much information available on social media, it’s hard to decipher what’s true and what’s not, especially for people my age who are used to just taking information as is. Even the elderly in my community get confused by consuming news on the internet–they believe everything just because it’s on social media,” Mr. Salaveria said.
