Critical thinking for
the digital age

ALT-TEXT empowers citizens, journalists, and educators with the skills to navigate misinformation, understand AI, and protect digital rights in Europe and beyond.

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We build capacity through direct instruction, equipping people with practical skills to recognise manipulation and defend their information environment. We document what happens when systems fail, telling stories that expose the gap between policy and reality. We push back against the forces that erode digital autonomy, working with communities to demand better from the platforms and governments that shape our digital lives.

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Workshops, online courses, and educational resources for all skill levels.

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Articles and stories reflecting on media and information ecosystem, tech policy.

Advocacy & campaigns

Advocacy for a human approach to digital sphere. Public awareness campaigns and events to promote media literacy.

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Recent analysis and reporting from the field

Advocacy
4 min read

Strengthening Digital Services Act implementation for public-interest outcomes

The Digital Services Act (DSA) set a high bar for safer, more transparent digital spaces. To deliver those promises on the ground—especially for civil society and independent media—the European Commission should sharpen guidance, resource enforcement, and create fast, practical interfaces for small actors. This policy position focuses on outcomes that matter to communities across the Union, not just the capitals.

Perspective
2 min read

The Problems with Australia’s Under‑16 Social Media Ban

Australia’s world‑first ban on social media use for children under 16 has sparked intense debate across the country. While the policy was introduced to address concerns about mental health, cyberbullying, and addictive platform design, its rollout has revealed a complex web of social, technical, and ethical challenges. As the law took effect in December 2025, families, educators, and experts began to question whether the ban solves more problems than it creates.

Briefing
3 min read

Internet Governance Forum

The IGF emerged from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held in Geneva (2003) and Tunis (2005). The Tunis Agenda called for a global, multistakeholder forum to address Internet governance issues in a collaborative and inclusive manner. In July 2006, the UN Secretary‑General formally announced the creation of the IGF, which held its first meeting later that year.

Advocacy
3 min read

Digital Inheritance: The Final Frontier of Data Autonomy

The conversation surrounding digital rights in the European Union typically focuses on the living: how our data is harvested, how algorithms influence our choices, and how we can reclaim our privacy from surveillance capitalism. However, a significant legal and ethical vacuum remains regarding what happens to our digital existence after we die. As an organisation dedicated to ethical tech, ALT-TEXT argues that the right to data autonomy must extend beyond the biological lifespan.

Press councils should include young people on their boards

Field Note
4 min read

Beyond Token Seats: Why Press Councils Must Truly Champion Digital Creators, Not Just Seat Them

A quiet revolution is unfolding within the traditional bastions of media ethics. Press councils, long dominated by legacy publishers and journalists, are increasingly welcoming a new demographic: young people and digital creators – influencers, YouTubers, TikTokers, podcasters, and independent news commentators. This inclusion is hailed as progress, a nod to the shifting media landscape where […]

Deep Dive
3 min read

The Dead Internet Theory

The Dead Internet Theory, once dismissed as an internet-age urban legend, has become a touchstone for activists and digital rights advocates across the EU who are grappling with the rapid transformation of the online world.

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