Tag: Parliament

A few days ago, the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee published its long-awaited preliminary report on disinformation and fake news. This follows from a lengthy inquiry (to which InformAll and the CILIP Information Literacy Group made a submission) that has been running for a year and a half. I have reported […]

As previously reported here, the UK Parliament is running an inquiry into fake news. During 2017, the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee collected written submissions from interested parties. More recently, it has taken oral evidence; on 23 January, it invited three academics to provide a perspective with significant bearing on information […]

CILIP and the Information Literacy Group have launched a neat and nifty infographic on making informed political decisions, as part of the #FactsMatter initiative. This is intended to help with making informed choices, combating misinformation and supporting evidence-based voting in the UK General Election, on 8 June 2017. To be shared widely!

In January 2017, the House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport launched an inquiry into fake news. InformAll, in collaboration with the CILIP Information Literacy Group, submitted a response in March. Not only is this inquiry timely, but it is directly relevant to information literacy. Indeed, one of the questions posed by […]

In January 2017, the House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport launched an inquiry into fake news. As is usual with such inquiries, the Committee invited submissions from interested parties, prior to […]

The House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee has recently published its report on the digital skills crisis in the UK. The opening lines of the summary set the scene: “The evidence is clear […]