From kindergarten to classroom: building a safer digital future
As part of the celebrations in Portugal for the 22nd edition of Safer Internet Day (SID), a roadshow focusing on digital citizenship education took place on 12 and 13 February.
Analogue and digital go hand in hand
In Denmark there is a strong focus on strengthening digital literacy among children and young people. A key player in this work is SSP (School, Social Services and Police), which works in collaboration with municipalities across the country to prevent crime and create a safe analogue and digital environment for young people. The Media Council for Children and Youth and thea Centre for Digital Youth Care have often used the SSP network in Denmark in the context of projects that require direct contact with young people.
What parents should know about AI apps
Editing images and videos using AI is very popular among children and young people. The Austrian Safer Internet Centre explains what parents should look out for in such apps.
IPDJ brings digital citizenship and safer internet to Portugal’s two largest education and youth fairs: Qualifica and Futurália
The Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth (IPDJ), part of the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre, participated in the two largest education, training, and youth-centred fairs in Portugal: Qualifica (12-15 March 2025) at Exponor in Oporto, and Futurália (26-29 March 2025) at the Lisbon International Fair (FIL).
"Adolescence": A series about cyberbullying, online radicalisation and digital communication
The Netflix series "Adolescence" shows in a shocking way what consequences dangerous online communities, cyberbullying and psychological stress can have.
"We only trust those with well-designed online content": results of a youth participation on digital youth rights in the city of Vienna
The city of Vienna has been tasked with creating its own digital charter centred around the digital rights of children and young people. In a series of workshops, 100 young people between the ages of 16 and 20 from three types of schools were involved.
The Finnish hotline Nettivihje’s annual report 2024 is published
In 2024, the Finnish hotline received 8,615 reports of suspected child sexual abuse. Over 5,000 reports contained child sexual abuse material. Additionally, the hotline found more than 3,000 images or web addresses that contained child sexual abuse as part of its proactive work. Grooming or other activity related to child sexual abuse was contained in 74 reports.
In the spotlight: Safer Internet Centres Norway and Sweden
As part of the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) Quality Assurance Programme (QAP), the Insafe-INHOPE Coordination Teams are jointly conducting a set of fifteen country visits to national Safer Internet Centres (SICs) to better understand what is happening in the Member States: monitoring emerging issues and challenges, identifying good practices to be shared, and harvesting the results of Better Internet for Kids (BIK) policy. On 18-19 February 2025, an online cluster meeting took place with the Norwegian and Swedish SICs.
Youth Internet Monitor 2024
The Youth Internet Monitor is an initiative of Saferinternet.at and presents current data on the use of social media by young people in Austria. Which social networks are currently popular among young users in Austria? Which networks are most popular among girls? Which are the favourites with boys?
Launch of the Roadshow "ZIGZAGA na NET - Navegar a Cores" for Safer Internet Day 2024
The Safer Internet Day celebrations, which took place from 6 to 8 February in Viseu, Portugal, were marked by the launch of an innovative digital awareness resource: the colouring book "ZIGZAGA na NET - Navegar a Cores". The book was developed with the aim of promoting children's digital literacy and is based on "ZigZaga na Net. Novas aventuras", which in turn was inspired by the stories of the second season of the ZigZaga podcast.
