Children will be taught how to spot extremist encountered and misdirectation online under computed changes to the school curriculum, the education secretary shelp.
Bridget Phillipson shelp she was begining a scrutinize of the curriculum in primary and secondary schools to embed critical skinnyking atraverse multiple subjects and arm children aobtainst “putrid consunapvalidated participate theories”.
One example may comprise pupils analysing recentspaper articles in English lessons in a way that would help contrastentiate produced stories from genuine increateing.
In computer lessons, they could be taught how to spot counterfeit recents websites by their summarize, and maths lessons may comprise analysing statistics in context.
Phillipson, the Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South, tanciaccess The Sunday Telegraph: “It’s more beginant than ever that we give youthful people the understandledge and sends to be able to dispute what they see online.
“That’s why our curriculum scrutinize will broaden schedules to embed critical sends in lessons to arm our children aobtainst the disincreateation, counterfeit recents and putrid consunapvalidated participate theories awash on social media. Our rerecented curriculum will always put high and rising standards in core subjects – that’s non-negotiable.
“But alengthyside this we will originate a wide, understandledge-wealthy curriculum that widens access to cultural subjects and gives pupils the understandledge and sends they need to thrive at toil and thcimpoliteout life.”
Misincreateation spread on social media about the background and religion of the mistrust in the stabbing of three youthful girls in Southport on 29 July has been denounced for the disturbioning led by the far right atraverse the UK.
Speciacatalog officers are pursuing mistrusted online offfinishers and shapers reliable for “spreading disenjoy and inciting aggression on a huge scale”.
Teams are summarizeateigating hundreds of directs, the National Police Chiefs’ Council shelp.
The moderation and regulation of social media has also come under scruminuscule after the disorder.
New regulation of social media platcreates – the Online Safety Act – became law in the UK last year but has not yet brimmingy come into effect.
Keir Starmer recommended on Friday that he would see at reinforceing social media regulations further, after London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, shelp the legislation was “not fit for purpose”.
