<div dir="ltr"><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">PEN America and <a href="https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The EveryLibrary Institute</a> and <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/user/Daily%20Kos%20Liberation%20League">The Daily Kos Liberation League</a>
invite you to attend a live and interactive media literacy webinar
about protests and disinformation on Friday, June 12 from 11:30am –
1:00pm Eastern Time.</font></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Register - <a href="https://pen.org/event/protest-disinformation/">https://pen.org/event/protest-disinformation/</a></font></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">*This session will be recorded so if you miss the live event, you'll still be sent a link to the archived recording if you registered.*<br></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span>Amid mass demonstrations against police violence, misinformation and disinformation <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/technology/george-floyd-misinformation-online.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about the protests</a> are spreading fast online. False, <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/hoax-misleading-claims-george-floyd-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">misleading</a>,
and misattributed stories and images can polarize communities, unfairly
damage reputations, and obscure the truth. By sharing and amplifying
this content we often further the goals of those who aim to discredit
and divide. We have designed a unique virtual workshop to equip
communities with media literacy tools to spot disinformation surrounding
recent protests — and to apply these skills to help stem the spread of
misleading content. In this session, we’ll focus on how to verify
images, videos, and sources about protests, and what to do after the
discovery of manipulated media.</span></font></span></p></div>