On 10 February 2026, the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre celebrated Safer Internet Day (SID) with a special event followed by transversal initiatives targeting all the CIS Cybersecurity Laboratory communities. This year’s theme was “human rights and cyberbullying”.
This year’s edition focuses on a theme that couldn’t be more relevant: human rights and cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying continues to be a serious form of violence that affects children and young people in particularly harmful ways, impacting their dignity, safety, and emotional wellbeing. By highlighting human rights, the event aimed to strengthen awareness, dialogue, and action across the whole community.
The programme of the SID seminar that took place in Lisbon, was carefully designed to spark meaningful conversations and inspire action: an inspiring keynote session; discussion panels featuring experts from different fields; institutional contributions that frame policies and strategies; sharing experiences, giving space to real voices and real stories. Watch the recording of the event below.
One of the most remarkable moments was the presentation of the youth manifesto created by young people and for young people, bringing forward their ideas and perspectives on tackling cyberbullying and protecting human rights online.
Also on the 10 February, APAV launched the 2025 helpline and hotline numbers making their notable work accountable for the victims and public.
New resources
In addition, CIS Lab published 3 new resources:
- Helpline chatbot, a new digital tool developed using artificial intelligence, designed to provide immediate support, reliable information, and practical guidance to victims of crime and violence, as well as to family members, friends, and others seeking to better understand how to act or offer assistance. The chatbot is intended to serve as a safe, accessible, and confidential first point of contact. It also offers a more accessible initial approach, allowing each person to proceed at their own pace while ensuring complete privacy.
- Cybersecurity Adventures Plus, an inter-generational game to be played among all family, which was launched during an awareness session gathering more than 50 seniors to talk about best practices on cyber-hygiene.
- The digital format of the second edition of the book “ZigZaga na Net. Novas Aventuras”: it brings together 34 short stories inspired by the second season of the podcast of the same name, highlighting everyday digital situations experienced by children, and includes an unpublished episode and an updated glossary. To bring together the online and offline format, the Centre invited the author fátima éffe and the digital leders to present the book for an audience of more than 120 primary school students.
The roadshow
This year, the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre started its roadshow covering some municipalities of Alentejo and Algarve Regions. Over three intense days, the team reached more than 500 students and teachers. During these sessions, using non-formal learning methodologies, participants explored human rights, the impact of cyberbullying, and the importance of ensuring that these rights are respected online. The sessions also focused on strengthening emotional intelligence, encouraging young people to recognise their own emotions, understand the feelings of others, and respond with empathy and self-awareness in digital interactions.
The roadshow provided an ideal opportunity to share the factsheet of the EU Action plan against cyberbullying, which outlines EU wide measures for prevention, coordinated protection, and accessible reporting tools, including the rollout of an online safety app for children and young people.
To reach teachers and parents, the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre was invited to participate in a webinar hosted by Fundação MEO. The talk was dedicated to the theme ‘Safe and positive experiences in the digital world’, and 120 participants actively shared their concerns about the main trends regarding screen time, digital use and violent online behaviours.
The theatre play
To end the month, we invited more than 350 young people to attend the theatre play ‘Vidas em Scroll’, which encourages reflection on responsible internet use, promotes digital literacy, and inspires a safer, more conscious and authentic online presence.
Using plenty of humour, the play addresses topics such as cyberbullying, sexting, fake news, fake profiles, digital exclusion, parental controls, social isolation, the search for online validation, fragile relationships, mental health and digital identity, interpersonal relationships, and the impact of technology across different generations.
On social media
With a focus on human rights and the reduction of harmful online behaviours, IPDJ launched a giveaway on Instagram, inviting users to comment with the name and phone number of the helpline, which also includes a service for reporting illegal online content, and offering two pairs of virtual reality glasses as a prize.
In addition to all the February activities, the Centre developed and disseminated a collaborative awareness campaign on the theme, which was shared by partners and will continue throughout the month of March.
Alongside the consortium partners, several key partners joined forces with the SIC, including: CAcademy, the advanced training programme from the national cybersecurity centre; the Order of Certified Accountants; Associação.PT; EDUCOM; Fórum Estudante; ESCS; Alvalade Parish; Barreiro Municipality, AEPA and other schools.
The Portuguese Safer Internet Centre invites everyone to join in this collective effort against online violence, while promoting empathy, emotional responsibility, and respectful behaviour in the digital world, while defending the right to dignity, integrity, privacy, and safe participation in online environments.
Find out more about Safer Internet Day in Portugal. Alternatively, find more information about the work of the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre, including its awareness raising, helpline, hotline, and youth participation services, or find similar information for other Safer Internet Centres throughout Europe.
On 10 February 2026, the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre celebrated Safer Internet Day (SID) with a special event followed by transversal initiatives targeting all the CIS Cybersecurity Laboratory communities. This year’s theme was “human rights and cyberbullying”.
This year’s edition focuses on a theme that couldn’t be more relevant: human rights and cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying continues to be a serious form of violence that affects children and young people in particularly harmful ways, impacting their dignity, safety, and emotional wellbeing. By highlighting human rights, the event aimed to strengthen awareness, dialogue, and action across the whole community.
The programme of the SID seminar that took place in Lisbon, was carefully designed to spark meaningful conversations and inspire action: an inspiring keynote session; discussion panels featuring experts from different fields; institutional contributions that frame policies and strategies; sharing experiences, giving space to real voices and real stories. Watch the recording of the event below.
One of the most remarkable moments was the presentation of the youth manifesto created by young people and for young people, bringing forward their ideas and perspectives on tackling cyberbullying and protecting human rights online.
Also on the 10 February, APAV launched the 2025 helpline and hotline numbers making their notable work accountable for the victims and public.
New resources
In addition, CIS Lab published 3 new resources:
- Helpline chatbot, a new digital tool developed using artificial intelligence, designed to provide immediate support, reliable information, and practical guidance to victims of crime and violence, as well as to family members, friends, and others seeking to better understand how to act or offer assistance. The chatbot is intended to serve as a safe, accessible, and confidential first point of contact. It also offers a more accessible initial approach, allowing each person to proceed at their own pace while ensuring complete privacy.
- Cybersecurity Adventures Plus, an inter-generational game to be played among all family, which was launched during an awareness session gathering more than 50 seniors to talk about best practices on cyber-hygiene.
- The digital format of the second edition of the book “ZigZaga na Net. Novas Aventuras”: it brings together 34 short stories inspired by the second season of the podcast of the same name, highlighting everyday digital situations experienced by children, and includes an unpublished episode and an updated glossary. To bring together the online and offline format, the Centre invited the author fátima éffe and the digital leders to present the book for an audience of more than 120 primary school students.
The roadshow
This year, the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre started its roadshow covering some municipalities of Alentejo and Algarve Regions. Over three intense days, the team reached more than 500 students and teachers. During these sessions, using non-formal learning methodologies, participants explored human rights, the impact of cyberbullying, and the importance of ensuring that these rights are respected online. The sessions also focused on strengthening emotional intelligence, encouraging young people to recognise their own emotions, understand the feelings of others, and respond with empathy and self-awareness in digital interactions.
The roadshow provided an ideal opportunity to share the factsheet of the EU Action plan against cyberbullying, which outlines EU wide measures for prevention, coordinated protection, and accessible reporting tools, including the rollout of an online safety app for children and young people.
To reach teachers and parents, the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre was invited to participate in a webinar hosted by Fundação MEO. The talk was dedicated to the theme ‘Safe and positive experiences in the digital world’, and 120 participants actively shared their concerns about the main trends regarding screen time, digital use and violent online behaviours.
The theatre play
To end the month, we invited more than 350 young people to attend the theatre play ‘Vidas em Scroll’, which encourages reflection on responsible internet use, promotes digital literacy, and inspires a safer, more conscious and authentic online presence.
Using plenty of humour, the play addresses topics such as cyberbullying, sexting, fake news, fake profiles, digital exclusion, parental controls, social isolation, the search for online validation, fragile relationships, mental health and digital identity, interpersonal relationships, and the impact of technology across different generations.
On social media
With a focus on human rights and the reduction of harmful online behaviours, IPDJ launched a giveaway on Instagram, inviting users to comment with the name and phone number of the helpline, which also includes a service for reporting illegal online content, and offering two pairs of virtual reality glasses as a prize.
In addition to all the February activities, the Centre developed and disseminated a collaborative awareness campaign on the theme, which was shared by partners and will continue throughout the month of March.
Alongside the consortium partners, several key partners joined forces with the SIC, including: CAcademy, the advanced training programme from the national cybersecurity centre; the Order of Certified Accountants; Associação.PT; EDUCOM; Fórum Estudante; ESCS; Alvalade Parish; Barreiro Municipality, AEPA and other schools.
The Portuguese Safer Internet Centre invites everyone to join in this collective effort against online violence, while promoting empathy, emotional responsibility, and respectful behaviour in the digital world, while defending the right to dignity, integrity, privacy, and safe participation in online environments.
Find out more about Safer Internet Day in Portugal. Alternatively, find more information about the work of the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre, including its awareness raising, helpline, hotline, and youth participation services, or find similar information for other Safer Internet Centres throughout Europe.
- cyberbullying SID Safer Internet Day (SID) childrens-rights
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