For more than a year, a quiet transformation has been taking place among young people in South Lebanon, far from the headlines and far from the spotlight. These are young men and women who have grown up in communities shaped by conflict, displacement and uncertainty, where the flow of information can be as dangerous as any physical threat. Through a UNESCO Youth Empowerment Project funded by UNIFIL, more than 300 young people from villages and towns across the region began a journey to understand the media landscape around them, to question what they see online, and to find their own…

Every day, we scroll through endless streams of posts, images, headlines, and stories, often without pausing to ask where they came from or why they were made. The internet has given us an extraordinary gift—the ability to connect with people across the world, to learn things in seconds, and to share our lives with others. But this gift comes with a shadow. Not everything we see online is true. Sometimes a photograph is old, a quote is invented, or a story is twisted to provoke anger and fear. In these moments, the digital space ceases to be a bridge and…