March 19, 2025 Release of “Learn ICT Literacy in Five Areas: Build and Safeguard a Secure Information Society” and "How to Deal with the Internet: What You Should Do to Avoid Being Deceived by Dis/Misinformation, 2nd Edition"

　The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has developed teaching materials titled "Learn ICT Literacy in Five Areas: Build and Safeguard a Secure Information Society" for different age groups (the youth, parents, and seniors) to help them acquire the ICT literacy needed in the evolving digital society.
　These materials enable learners to understand the characteristics of digital spaces and address emerging challenges by using the latest examples.

1. Learn ICT Literacy in Five Areas: Build and Safeguard a Secure Information Society

　The MIC has published teaching materials for the youth, parents, and seniors to help them acquire the ICT literacy needed in the digital society of the future. In addition to these materials, we have also published check tests to allow students to know their learning results.
　In the future, we also plan to publish an explanatory manual to show the overall picture of ICT literacy and guidelines for instructors who teach ICT literacy and for creators of teaching materials. This will be useful not only for those who want to learn about ICT literacy, but also for instructors who use teaching materials.

https://www.soumu.go.jp/use_the_internet_wisely/special/Ictliteracy_for_yps

2. How to Deal with the Internet: What You Should Do to Avoid Being Deceived by Dis/Misinformation, 2nd Edition

　The MIC has released teaching materials summarizing points to note and countermeasures regarding disinformation and misinformation.
　These teaching materials allow you to learn about disinformation and misinformation, taking into account the latest examples of disinformation and misinformation spreading during disasters, the influence of generative AI, and the impact on democracy.
　The accompanying instructor guidelines allow anyone to easily conduct teaching by following the materials.

https://www.soumu.go.jp/use_the_internet_wisely/special/nisegojouhou

　The MIC has implemented a project called “DIGITAL POSITIVE ACTION” aimed at improving ICT literacy among Internet and social media users. This is a private-public project with platform operators, telecommunications carriers, IT-related companies, and other relevant organizations. In this project, the MIC is collaborating with companies and organizations to promote further efforts to improve ICT literacy, such as establishing a website that consolidates public and private initiatives and creating educational materials. The publication of these materials is part of the project.

「DIGITAL POSITIVE ACTION」Website URL：https://www.soumu.go.jp/dpa/