US actress and campaigner Angelina Jolie is to join the BBC as an executive producer.
It relates to a global English-language current affairs programme for children in 2019 called 'Our World'.
It will include 10 episodes of a weekly programme.
Angelina Jolie says: "There has never been a time when it was more important to introduce the next generation to objective, impartial news and factual explanation of the events and issues shaping our world.
"Children today are exposed to a lot of opinion, but not necessarily to information that is fact-based and reliable.
"As a mother, I am very pleased that the BBC World Service is taking this step.
"It is also important to me that the project is global, and will help young people in different countries to be connected to each other and to have greater awareness and understanding of the news on an international basis."
One of the main objectives of the programme is to promote global media literacy.
Angelina Jolie attending the 2018 EE British Academy Film Awards in London | Image: Yui Mok/PA Archive/PA Images
BBC World Service director Jamie Angus added: "The internet is a democratising force. It gives voice to the voiceless.
"But the downside is that it enables some of the worst conspiracy theories to spread.
"According to a US survey from last year, over a six-month period, 59% of 10-18 year-olds had shared a story that they either subsequently found to be inaccurate or were now uncertain as to its veracity.
"No parent can completely isolate their child from fake news.
"But what we can do is give kids the tools to distinguish the genuine from the false and encourage them to develop critical thinking - to ask themselves: who produced the video and why? Are they a reputable organization? Are they just telling one side of the story? Is there another view?"
The programme will be aimed at children aged seven to 12.
The BBC said it hopes to be global in scope, engaging children from Argentina to Zimbabwe.
It will start with an English version but the BBC will seek production partners to expand programming into multiple languages.
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie (right) and Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nestor Popolizio during a press conference in Lima, Peru on October 23rd, 2018 | Image: © UNHCR / Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo
Jolie represented the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, as a Goodwill Ambassador from 2001-2012.
She was also appointed a Special Envoy in April 2012.
She most recently called for the urgent establishment of a ceasefire in Yemen and a lasting settlement to the conflict.
