
Disruptive Tech: How Can We Mitigate the Challenges posed by AI and Deepfakes?
Critical Literacies & Human AgencyDeepfakes from a CyberSecurity Perspective
The Latest on Deepfakes
At the 2024 Munich Security Conference held in mid-February, representatives from every large tech organization including Google, Meta, Microsoft, Open AI, X, and…

Beyond Reality: Navigating the Ethical Minefield of Deepfake Technologies
Critical Literacies & Human AgencyDeepfake technology, a synthesis of the terms "deep learning" and "fake," has emerged as a powerful tool powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), enabling the creation of highly convincing fake videos, images, and audio recordings. At its core,…

Meeting fake news head on: fact-checking ‘the news’
Critical Literacies & Human Agency
An Urgent Task: Bust the Myth
Deconstructing Gossip, Rumours and Lies: Battling Misinformation in a Climate of Fake News
Has Malta’s population doubled over the past 10 years? No. Will the World Health Organisation assume powers over Malta’s…

Navigating the Human Narrative in the Age of AI Storytelling
Critical Literacies & Human AgencyA look at human connection, innovation, and originality, increased audience engagement, screenwriting, and storytelling now.
The Hollywood SAG-AFTRA strike may be over, but this does not mean there is a solution where screenwriting and AI…

Combating Extremism Through Digital Literacy: Empowering Young Minds in the Digital Age
Critical Literacies & Human AgencyIn the age of information, young people are more connected than ever before. However, this connectivity also exposes them to the risk of extremism. Extremism has emerged as a significant global concern, with the internet serving as a potent…

Joe Toscano on the Attention Economy and its Repercussions
Critical Literacies & Human AgencyA Conversation on Surveillance, Regulation, Data and Its Economic Model, Privacy, Reputation and Consumer Trust!
On October 5th, the 3CL Foundation in collaboration with Spazju Kreattiv and the Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences (University…

Launch of ‘Young People and Information. A Manifesto’
Critical Literacies & Human Agency3CL launched 'Young People and Information. A Manifesto' at Kixott in Mosta on the 15th of June 2023.
The event drew a small but highly engaged crowd of educators, workers in the youth sector, and media professionals who recognised the pressing…

Young People and Information Manifesto
Critical Literacies & Human AgencyYoung People and Information. A Manifesto was developed by the 3CL Foundation and edited by Alex Grech. ISBN paperback and pdf: 978-9918-0-0523-9

Personalised media consumption, malinformation and the nature of platforms – In conversation with Hossein Derakhshan
Critical Literacies & Human AgencyWe recently met up with Hossein Derakhshan, an Iranian-Canadian author, researcher, and public speaker, as well as the pioneer of blogging, podcasts and tech journalism in Iran. In this conversation, Hossein Derakhshan and Jacob Grech discuss…