Having a smartphone and only using it for social media does not make someone digitally literate. In the UK, 11.7 million people lack essential digital skills and therefore cannot function in all of the five core areas of internet use, as set out by the Government’s Essential Digital Skills Framework: communicating, handling information and content, transacting, and problem solving, underpinned by being able to keep yourself safe online

The first in the APPG Media’s webinar series, ‘Create, communicate, connect: Social media as a tool to empower people and movements’ was successful and well-attended, thanks to an expert panel of speakers and host Andy Carter MP, who came together to discuss a variety of different pertinent issues in the media industry.