Generative AI is booming, and with it the creation of fakes and deep fakes that young people are increasingly encountering. TikTok & Co. confront the target group with a flood of information. At the same time, around 70% of young people find it difficult to evaluate information on the internet, according to the saferinternet.at study Young people and misinformation on the internet. When it comes to recognizing fakes, gut instinct is an important guide. Young people only check information if it seems intuitively untrustworthy.

Teachers are key to improving young people's digital literacy. This is especially true for teachers of the compulsory subject of digital literacy. However, there is currently a lack of teaching materials as the content of digitalization is constantly changing. For example, there is hardly any material available in German on the subject of deepfakes.

In this respect, saferinternet.at is an important partner: Digital quizzes, which have already been played 1.5 million times since 2022, are the most successful teaching material on saferinternet.at. The lack of entertaining and easy-to-use exercises on how to identify fakes is currently a big problem in schools.

Fight Fakes will develop a modular learning environment where young people can playfully learn to evaluate information quickly and intuitively. To be as close as possible to young people's everyday lives, the fakes created will be integrated into the design of common social media platforms. Teachers should be able to use the exercises spontaneously, without preparation. The modular structure also allows for time flexibility.