Who’s Controlling Your Mind?

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FYI Investigates – Who’s Controlling Your Mind?

Everyday, we make hundreds of choices, both big and small. Who to message? What to buy? What content should we watch? And what do we believe? But with the government’s Online Safety Act fully implemented by summer 2025 FYI asks: “Who’s Controlling Your Mind?” What are the platforms, products, and people that exert their influence on us, often without our knowledge? And what can we do about it?

 

FREE ASSEMBLY PACKS

At First News, we understand just how important it is to give children the media and information literacy tools they need to make their own, informed choices. That’s why we’ve created two FREE assemblies (KS2 and KS3) based on Who’s Controlling Your Mind, to help teachers tackle this crucial topic in a powerful, engaging way. Each ready-to-deliver assembly pack includes:

  • Complete (optional) script
  • Music suggestions
  • A mind-reading maths trick
  • Critical questions for reflection
  • Follow-up classroom activities

 

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PULL-OUT IN FIRST NEWS

Issue 984 of First News features a three-page pull-out about the Who’s Controlling Your Mind film. Download below and use it to inspire discussion at home and in the classroom.

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