This year, the UPS was the Hungarian co-organiser of SID activities. Other partners included the National Cyber Security Centre, Quadron Cybersecurity Ltd., T-Systems Hungary,Google.org and Google Hungary. The theme of this edition of SID was “Together for a better internet!”. 

The online event 

The online event celebrating Safer Internet Day saw the participation of the following speakers: Dr. BALÁZS Bencsik as the Cybersecurity Director of the Supervisory Authority of Regulatory Affairs, authority of Controlled Activities, PÁL Bíró as the Country Manager of Google Hungary, ÁKOS Solymos as the cyber security expert of Quadron, VIVIEN Lénárt as the expert of National Cyber Security Centre, TAMÁS Stecher as security specialist of T-Systems Senior Presales, TIBOR Lóránd Gyulai as the expert of National Cyber Security Center and Dr. DORINA Csalár as the law workmate of NMHH. 

During the event, the educational programme Be Internet Awesome (BIA) developed by Google was introduced, a programme designed not only for young people and teachers and educators, but to also help parents and carers to navigate in the digital world and provide useful tools to solve problems. 

Fun and games to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2022 

However, SID activities did not only include professional lectures. The winners of last year’ video competition were invited and they could take part in other internet security games under the guidance of mentors. The mentors were Dr. Csaba Krasznay, head of the Institute of Cybersecurity, University of Public Service, Zsombor Fekete, game designer and sociologist, Péter Kovács, Google Hungary, representing Youtube in Hungary, István Nagy and Zoltán Sterner from ICSS and SIC educators and trainers. The invited children were distributed in five teams and played five games based on the modules of the Be Internet Awesome educational resource.  

First of all, the participants had to answer fifteen questions as quickly as possible using Kahoot!. The competition was then followed by a discussion game, where more serious topics such as what young people think the ideal online world should look like, whether they perceive the virtual world as a real one and what they would identify as the main cyberthreats. This discussion was then followed by a poster-making activity. The fourth game consisted for the five teams in continuing a story and then acting it out by taking into consideration various aspects. The last game was an escape game, where the children had to solve different logical problems to open the box containing their certificates for the day. The interactive games were a huge success, and the participants seemed really amused. 

Another success story is that of one student from the Hungarian Youth Panel, who is regularly taking part in competitions organised by the ICSS and receiving scholarship, thus keeping in close contact with the Hungarian SIC. She is continuing her studies in film and media and was contacted by local television channel  Zugló TV, which reported on SID events with her and another group of students. 

Watch a summary of the Safer Internet Day activities in Hungary below. 

Find out more about Safer Internet Day in Hungary. Alternatively, find more information about the work of the Hungarian Safer Internet Centre, including their awareness raising, helpline, hotline and youth participation services – or find similar information for other Safer Internet Centres throughout Europe.