Educating Against Misinformation and Disinformation Act

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Educating Against Misinformation and Disinformation Act”.

Appropriate congressional committees— The term appropriate congressional committees means—

ESEA Terms— The terms elementary school, local educational agency, secondary school, and State educational agency have the meanings given those terms in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.).

Information literacy— The term information literacy means the integrated set of skills, knowledge, practices, and dispositions that prepares individuals to discover, interpret, and create information ethically while gaining a critical understanding of how information systems interact to produce and circulate news, information and knowledge (including digital information such as website and social media content).

Institution of higher education— The term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).

Media literacy— The term media literacy means the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and participate in the creation and circulation of media messages regardless of format, including learning the skills and dispositions to seek out, critically evaluate, and create media messages and understand the role of media and algorithmic information systems in society.

Social media— The term social media means forms of interactive, internet-based applications (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos).

State higher education agency— The term State higher education agency has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).