In terms of educational and training approach, the conventional media and information literacy (MIL) curriculums and programs were designed for adults, and will likely fall short to effectively address the youths of 20 years or younger. A more focused approach is needed in education and training of MIL. The panelists further pointed out that there is the need for the curriculums targeting different types of audiences in Myanmar with the focus on “principles” such as individual freedom of expression online as well as respect for freedom of expression of others rather than focusing on “tools” such as video editing or photo verification. Curriculum localization is also needed to engage with different ethnicities. Moreover, the deployment of well trained and capable trainers to effectively facilitate media and information literacy training is also crucial. However, panelists also warned that the attempt to address this kind of widespread misinformation by means of laws or regulation enforcement can either diffuse the situation or can backfire causing more complications as can be witnessed in some countries. Moreover, multiple occurrences of similar misuse of the law can already be found in some cases in Myanmar. The panelists described that media literacy enhancement programs have gained momentum in the past 3 years and the topic is becoming a focal issue for multiple stakeholders. Media literacy and misinformation related issues in Myanmar may be unique in some aspects so it would not suffice in the situational context to merely verify disinformative news pieces. Because of the public’s widespread behavior in acquiring information from social media, actors are effectively using social media to push their own political agendas on sensitive cases to cause communal distrust. Moreover, the forming of echo chambers resulting from the transition of the public from media consumers to effective mediums also highlight the importance of MIL enhancement in Myanmar. 13

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