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World Heritage Online Map Platform: Technical Note on the Provision of Geospatial Data Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO UNESCO’s World Heritage Online Map Platform (WHOMP) is a Geographic Information System (GIS) developed with the support of the Government of Flanders (Belgium), aiming at the creation of a comprehensive and accessible geodatabase for World Heritage properties worldwide. This platform is hosted and managed by UNESCO which ensures that the data presented correspond exactly to the boundaries of the World Heritage properties and their buffer zones as inscribed in the World Heritage List, including any changes adopted by the World Heritage Committee after the initial inscription of a property. 
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence in an era of generative AI Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO <Short summary>Experiments reveal how generative AI facilitates gender-based violence Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) — deep-learning models that create voice, text, and image — are revolutionizing the way people access information and produce, receive and interact with content. While technological innovations like ChatGPT, DALL-E and Bard offer previously unimaginable gains in productivity, they also present concerns for the overall protection and promotion of human rights and for the safety of women and girls.The arrival of generative AI introduces new, unexplored questions: what are the companies’ policies and normative cultures that perpetuate technology-facilitated gender-based violence and harms? How do AI-based technologies facilitate gender-specific harassment and hate speech? What “prompt hacks” can lead to gendered disinformation, hate speech, harassment, and attacks? What measures can companies, governments, civil society organisations and independent researchers take to anticipate and mitigate these risks?A combination of measures are proposed to be put in place by generative AI companies and the technology companies that platform them, regulators and policy makers, by civil society organisations and independent researchers, as well as users. 
Bank of Digital Task Sheets Corporate author: Council of Europe Around forty sheets of tasks anchored in real life and reflective tasks are available. The proposed tasks implement the didactic framework that promotes a socio-interactional approach and extends the usual typology of tasks with tasks anchored in real life.These tasks, carried out on online participatory sites, allow the people who carry them out to experience both authentic (inter)actions and digital citizenship.Alongside these tasks, reflective tasks invite learners to reflect on online practices and in particular on their own uses of digital technology. They are to be adapted according to the contexts of use and provide examples of the implementation of the approach defined in the Didactic Framework. 
Citizens as Users of Languages and Digital Technology Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) | Council of Europe A recent meta-analysis of the literature portrays male and female citizens who are users of languages and digital technologies. This helps to understand the goals of an education aimed at developing male and female citizens capable of using digital technology in a competent, informed, safe, responsible, ethical, and critical manner. 
Developing Digital Citizenship and Language Competences Year of publication: 2023 Author: Christian Ollivier | Catherine Jeanneau Corporate author: European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) The profile of citizens who use languages and digital tools helps to define the objectives to pursue in language training that incorporates digital citizenship education. The Didactic Framework outlines a socio-interactional approach that enables this integration. 
The Butterfly Effect on Social Networks Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Canada Learning Code This video shows the dangers of the internet and social networks through the story of 12-year-old Amira in the form of a comic strip. 
Fighting Against Disinformation and Hate Speech Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Association of Guinean Bloggers (ABLOGUI) This online MOOC is completely free. It is offered by the Association des Blogueurs de Guinée (ABLOGUI) through the IMPACT project (Implication of Digital Media in the Active Prevention of Conflicts and Tensions). It aims at raising awareness among young Guineans of the dangers of misinformation and hate speech, and to equip them with the knowledge and skills they need to combat information disorder in a digital world. 
Are Journalists Objective?: The Keys to the Media Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Centre pour l’éducation aux médias et à l'information (CLEMI) Dans cette vidéo proposée par Clemi nous suivons l'arrivée d'une nouvelle professeur de mathématiques dans un collège. Chacun a un avis très tranché sur elle. Kamel l’adore, Cindy ne comprend rien à ce qu’elle raconte, Leonard la trouve sévère et Fama l’aime bien. Qui a raison, qui a tort ? Peut-être un peu tout le monde… Chacun la regarde selon son point de vue. Cette comparaison permet de s'interroger sur l'objectivité des médias. In this video from Clemi, we follow the arrival of a new maths teacher at a secondary school. Everyone has a very strong opinion of her. Kamel adores her, Cindy doesn't understand a word she says Leonard thinks she's harsh and Fama likes her. Who's right, who's wrong? Maybe a bit of everyone... Everyone looks at her from their own point of view. This comparison raises questions about the objectivity of the media. 
Civic Tech in Africa: When Citizen’s Connections Work for Democracy Year of publication: 2022 Author: Raphaëlle Constant Corporate author: Radio France International (RFI) The first civic tech forum in French-speaking Africa was held at the end of June in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, at the initiative of CFI. For "L'atelier des médias", Raphaëlle Constant spoke to the people who are developing digital initiatives in several African countries to improve the flow of information and mobilise citizens to influence public debate. 
Guidelines for the governance of digital platforms: safeguarding freedom of expression and access to information through a multi-stakeholder approach Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Guidelines for an Internet for TrustSafeguarding freedom of expression and the right to information while dealing with dis- and misinformation, hate speech, and conspiracy theories requires a multistakeholder approach. This is the reason why UNESCO, the leading UN agency for the promotion and protection of freedom of expression and to information, is launching Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms. The Guidelines outline a set of duties, responsibilities and roles for States, digital platforms, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, media, academia, the technical community and other stakeholders to enable the environment where freedom of expression and information are in the core of digital platforms governance processes. The Guidelines were produced through a multi-stakeholder consultation that gathered more than 10,000 comments from 134 countries. These global-scale consultations fostered inclusive participation, ensuring a diversity of voices to be heard, including those from groups in situation of marginalization and vulnerability. Cultivating an Internet of Trust is a shared responsibility among all stakeholders. It calls upon us all to sustain an enabling environment for freedom of expression and the right to information.