On 28 March 2025, Mariana Lameiras represented UNU-EGOV as an invited speaker at an event organised by Polígrafo, a leading Portuguese fact-checking newspaper. The event, held at Palácio Vila Flor in Guimarães, formed part of the awareness-raising roadshow under the initiative “Pinocchio at school: literacy against disinformation”, a project supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation through the European Media and Information Fund.
Mariana delivered a presentation to High School students from the city of Guimarães under the topic “Populism, Governments and Social Media” that explored the intersection of political discourse and the digital information ecosystem.
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The event gathered representatives from Polígrafo, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the City Council, and local media, fostering a multistakeholder dialogue on the role of youth in combating online misinformation.