In parliament, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson spoke about the government's planned reforms to the school curriculum.
She said the changes would allow school pupils to deal with the "dark forces" online that promote misinformation.
"To discover the power of persuasion and emotive language in different contexts, and to understand how they can be used not just to educate, but to manipulate - exploited by dark forces online to spread lies and sow division," Phillipson said.
"That's why we're building literacy, preparing young people not to consume passively, but to engage critically, to recognise and reject disinformation."
Here are some of the proposals:
Publishing a revised curriculum in 2027 to be implemented in 2028.
A new GCSE curriculum to be prepared for first teaching from 2029.
New V-level qualifications to be introduced in 2027.
Scrapping the English Baccalaureate, introduced in 2011.
Introducing a statutory reading test for Year 8 students.
Training students on media literacy: "Preparing them to tell fact from fiction, truth from lies, right from wrong".
Reforming the computing curriculum, to "navigate the opportunities and challenges of AI".
Introducing lessons in financial literacy to "empower young people to make informed choices about money, saving, and investing".
Cutting down on exam time by 10%, shaving between 2.5-3 hours in exams for each student.
New training for reception teachers "to meet our ambition for 90% of children to reach the expected standard in the phonic screening check".
Increase take-up of triple science, which is less accessible to "young people from disadvantaged backgrounds".
The education secretary described the plans as "bold" and said they will help to evolve the curriculum from "narrow to broad".