Online Safer Internet Month of Activity 2021 in Austria
In the framework of the Online Safer Internet Month of Activity, Austrian schools and youth organisations had the opportunity to celebrate Safer Internet Day (SID) through various self-designed activities throughout the month of February. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all activities took place online. Even schools which had previously been reluctant to participate in online activities took the opportunity to be involved.
Peer education and youth participation for digital citizenship
SaferNet Brasil has been working in different ways to strengthen youth engagement since 2012. Considering the intensity of young people’s online presence and their need for self-expression, exploring content and contacts, enabling civic participation, and learning, the mobile connection requires more efforts on self-protection and critical thinking education to allow responsible autonomy in this new digitally connected world.
“What do I believe? Opinion making between fact and fake” on Safer Internet Day 2021
The German Awareness Centre, klicksafe, proudly looks back on a very successful Safer Internet Day (SID) in the country. Although fewer offline events were possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 200 decentralised events took place across Germany in 2021.
SaferNet Brasil and learnings from the SIC+ programme
SaferNet Brasil is the first ever NGO in Brazil to establish a multistakeholder approach to protecting human rights in the digital environment. Founded in 2005, the organisation created and has coordinated (since 2005) the National Human Rights Cybertipline and, years later, created and maintains the National Helpline and the Brazilian awareness node for online protection.
Ireland celebrates Safer Internet Day 2021 with a range of online actions
Thousands of people in Ireland participated in Safer Internet Day (SID) 2021. Although circumstances were different this year, students, schools and organisations adapted to the situation and organised virtual activities and events to engage in meaningful and vibrant celebrations to help create a safer and better internet for all, especially young people. Some highlights follow.
Encouraging responsible consumption of cultural content in France
The internet grants its users – including the younger ones – access to a wide range of cultural content. In the past decades, this new accessibility has changed cultural consumption practices. In particular, young people no longer clearly perceive the boundaries of legality; what is more, they do not necessarily consider the consequences of their actions online.
New survey shows parental concerns on children’s future addictive behaviours
To mark Safer Internet Day (SID) 2021, the Greek Safer Internet Centre released new research findings highlighting parents’ concerns with regards to restoring the balance between their children’s offline and online lives and their anxieties related to potential future addictive behaviours by children.
Luxembourg Safer Internet Centre celebrates its tenth anniversary
Since 2010, BEE SECURE, the Luxembourg Safer Internet Centre, has been promoting a safer, more responsible, and more positive use of digital technology among the general public.
Exploring the relationship between basic and digital literacy
The Dutch Safer Internet Centre created a podcast together with the Dutch Library Platform on how books can contribute to children’s online safety.
What is it like to be a small child surrounded by media?
In the current age, small children are born into a world full of media. This is why media education should be considered early on in families, preferably before the child is born. How are media and different devices part of our everyday lives? How is our family’s digital well-being? How do you mind the baby or the toddler while using media yourself? Rauna Rahja, Planner at the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, reflects on this question and on what the Finnish Safer Internet Centre is doing in this regard.
