Cart or Cut? How to Shop Online Safely | S.U.R.E. Celebrates M.I.L.

In this webinar, learn about the rising trend of online shopping, its risks and how to apply the S.U.R.E. (Source, Understand, Research, Evaluate) steps to ensure that your next online purchase is safe and authentic.

About the Speaker

Mervin Ang is a Manager (Outreach) who has been with the National Library Board (NLB) for more than 8 years. As a versatile trainer and content producer, he has conducted numerous workshops and talks for various audience groups, ranging from children to seniors. To date, he has trained over 45,000 individuals from a combination of programmes and training content.

As an online shopper across various platforms, he is keen to share his experience and shopping guidelines with everyone for this programme.

About S.U.R.E. Celebrates M.I.L.

The rapid advancements in technology and global events have greatly impacted the way we stay connected to and understand the world around us. Online information users today encounter a multitude of challenges – information overload, misinformation and disinformation, online scams, and our own personal biases.

Want to build up your media and information literacy (M.I.L) skills to tackle these challenges? Join the National Library Board’s “S.U.R.E. Celebrates M.I.L.” programmes in October 2022, held in conjunction with the UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022.

This year’s theme is “Be S.U.R.E., Stay Connected” and you can learn how to:

• Discern and use online information sources
• Unpack and avoid scams
• Avoid online harms
• Understand news literacy

About S.U.R.E.

S.U.R.E. stands for Source, Understand, Research and Evaluate, and is an initiative of the National Library Board to educate the public on information literacy.

For more information and free resources, please visit us at www.sure.nlb.gov.sg

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