A) For two days riots raged in Estonia's capital Tallinn.

Protestors clashed with police

and looters rampaged after the violence was sparked by controversy about a decision
to move a military statue erected during Soviet rule. The flames of outrage among
Estonia's Russian-speaking minority were fanned by false news spreading online and
in Russian news reports.
The disinformation campaign then escalated into what is considered the first cyber-
attack against an entire country. The attack, which was linked to Russia, shut down
websites of Estonia's government, banks and media outlets.

B) Estonia ranks high in media freedom and education, which "provide solid
preconditions to deal with disinformation", says Marin Lessenski, program director at
Open Society Institute, based in Sofia, Bulgaria, which publishes an annual Media
Literacy Index. "Better education provides for stronger critical thinking or better fact
checking skills."

C ) In the aftermath of the attack in 2007, Estonia decided to take action. The
country has now become a cyber-security leader, aimed at protecting its online
infrastructure from future attacks.

But the country has done something else in its attempt to protect itself from
digital aggression – the tiny Baltic country is using media literacy education to
help its citizens spot and be wary of disinformation.

D) The powerful threat posed by online misinformation was thrown into the
spotlight in the wake of 2016 US Presidential elections, where voters were targeted
with disinformation by trolls with links to the Russian intelligence community. A
subsequent report published by the US Senate Intelligence Committee accused Russia
of waging an "information warfare campaign" aimed as spreading disinformation and
dividing US society.

E) Since 2010 Estonian public schools – from kindergarten through to high school –
teach media literacy to their pupils. Students in 10th grade also take a mandatory 35-
hour "media and influence" course. Media literacy education is now accepted "as
important as maths or writing or reading", says Siim Kumpas, former strategic
communication adviser to Estonia's government. He was recently appointed as a policy
officer at the European External Action Service, the European Union's diplomatic
service.
F) Estonia ranks high in media freedom and education, which "provide solid
preconditions to deal with disinformation", says Marin Lessenski, program director at
Open Society Institute, based in Sofia, Bulgaria, which publishes an annual Media
Literacy Index. "Better education provides for stronger critical thinking or better fact
checking skills."
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