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How can teachers, educators, and SICs effectively engage parents and caregivers in preventing and responding to cyberbullying?

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What's new in the BIK Knowledge hub? A new directory, the Stakeholder policy contributions, and the expansion of all directories to include relevant international material.

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MOOC: Cyberbullying in a rapidly changing digital world

The course aims to equip educators with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to prevent, identify, report and respond effectively to cyberbullying.

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How to engage parents in responding to cyberbullying?

BackgroundCyberbullying remains one of the top online safety concerns across Europe. Across Safer Internet Centre helplines, cyberbullying accounted for 15 per cent of the 57,000 calls received in 2025. Additionally, the EU estimates indicate that one in six children aged 11–15 have experienced cyberbullying, while roughly 1 in 8 admit to engaging in cyberbullying behaviours. Despite these alarming statistics, schools and organisations consistently struggle with parental outreach.
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MOOC: Cyberbullying in a rapidly changing digital world

Children and young people today grow up in a deeply connected digital environment, where learning, social interaction and identity formation increasingly take place online. While digital technologies offer significant opportunities for creativity, participation and connection, they also expose young people to evolving forms of risk, including cyberbullying.

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The EU Action plan against cyberbullying

The EU’s action plan is stepping up actions to tackle cyberbullying and make the online world safer, better, and more positive for children and young people all across Europe. Currently, the available data suggests that addressing cyberbullying has become an increasingly recognised priority in EU Member States:

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How to engage parents in responding to cyberbullying?

BackgroundCyberbullying remains one of the top online safety concerns across Europe. Across Safer Internet Centre helplines, cyberbullying accounted for 15 per cent of the 57,000 calls received in 2025. Additionally, the EU estimates indicate that one in six children aged 11–15 have experienced cyberbullying, while roughly 1 in 8 admit to engaging in cyberbullying behaviours. Despite these alarming statistics, schools and organisations consistently struggle with parental outreach.
  • massive open online course (mooc)

MOOC: Cyberbullying in a rapidly changing digital world

Children and young people today grow up in a deeply connected digital environment, where learning, social interaction and identity formation increasingly take place online. While digital technologies offer significant opportunities for creativity, participation and connection, they also expose young people to evolving forms of risk, including cyberbullying.

  • Online

  • news

The EU Action plan against cyberbullying

The EU’s action plan is stepping up actions to tackle cyberbullying and make the online world safer, better, and more positive for children and young people all across Europe. Currently, the available data suggests that addressing cyberbullying has become an increasingly recognised priority in EU Member States:

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The 20th edition of the Polish ‘Keeping children and young people safe online’ conference takes place in September

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From bystander to upstander: how Malta is tackling cyberbullying

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Greece steps up efforts to tackle cyberbullying

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The 20th edition of the Polish ‘Keeping children and young people safe online’ conference takes place in September

Poland

From bystander to upstander: how Malta is tackling cyberbullying

Malta

Greece steps up efforts to tackle cyberbullying

Greece

Safer Internet Forum 2023 wrap up

The BIK Youth Programme offers young people a lively platform to share their ideas on making the internet safer and better for everyone.
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Learn about the issues that matter to you with learning modules and deep dives into a range of digital citizenship and online safety topics.

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BIK Team 22 October 2026

The EU KIDS Act: a gradual path into social media, safety by design for all

Why it mattersToday, the age at which children join social media is mostly set by platforms' own terms, usually 13, and checked with a simple date-of-birth box. Several Member States have started adopting their own limits, creating a patchwork across Europe. The proposed EU KIDS Act replaces this with a single standard, and puts the burden of proof on platforms to show they are safe for children.What it proposesAs the Commission sums up, access to social media and video-sharing platforms with risky functionalities becomes gradual:

BIK Team 20 October 2026

How to engage parents in responding to cyberbullying?

BackgroundCyberbullying remains one of the top online safety concerns across Europe. Across Safer Internet Centre helplines, cyberbullying accounted for 15 per cent of the 57,000 calls received in 2025. Additionally, the EU estimates indicate that one in six children aged 11–15 have experienced cyberbullying, while roughly 1 in 8 admit to engaging in cyberbullying behaviours. Despite these alarming statistics, schools and organisations consistently struggle with parental outreach.

Belgian Safer Internet Centre 20 October 2026

Autism and gaming

Why are games so appealing to children with autism?Children with autism can often feel at home in the world of gaming because of its structured and logical nature. Games typically offer clear rules, objectives, and expectations. They provide predictability and structure, which many children with autism find reassuring. In addition, the social interactions available in games are often easier to control or even avoid altogether. As a result, some children with autism may feel more comfortable in online environments than in offline social settings.

Finnish Safer Internet Centre 19 October 2026
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