Portuguese Safer Internet Day Seminar 2025: shaping digital citizens of tomorrow
"The internet is not a world we live in, but a tool we can use in the world we live in". The SID seminar in Portugal highlighted the urgent need to strengthen digital literacy.
Insafe network meets to discuss gaming
Today, the Insafe network of European Safer Internet Centres (SICs) meets for another edition of the bi-annual training meeting. This event is an opportunity to facilitate sharing of experience and good practices between network countries, to explore areas of common ground, and opportunities for closer working between awareness raising, helpline, and youth participation strands. For the first time since the pandemic, the training meeting is being held face-to-face in Brussels, Belgium.
Join the Roundtable on child and youth consumer protection in digital markets
Better Internet for Kids (BIK) will organise a Roundtable on child and youth consumer protection in digital markets on behalf of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT) and DG Justice and Consumers (JUST) of the European Commission. The event will take place online on Thursday, 22 September from 09:30 – 13:00 CEST.
Global Safer Internet Day celebrations: Albania's activities
The Albanian Safer Internet Centre tells us how Safer Internet Day was celebrated in the country this year.
No place for fear: ending school violence and promoting mental health
Today, 2 November 2023, is the International Day against violence and bullying at school, including cyberbullying. It is a global call to action against one of the most pressing issues affecting young learners today. This year's theme: "No Place for fear: ending school violence and promoting mental health", highlights the relationship between school violence and mental health.
The Insafe network meets to discuss the Digital Services Act (DSA) and AI at the Insafe Training meeting
Today, another edition of the bi-annual Insafe Training meeting kicks off. The event is an opportunity for the Insafe network of European Safer Internet Centres (SICs) to meet to facilitate the sharing of experience and good practices between network countries, to explore areas of common ground, and opportunities for closer working between awareness raising, helpline, and youth participation strands. The October 2023 Insafe Training meeting is held online, and includes three mornings of sessions on exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Alert Online campaigning activities in the Netherlands
October is the European Cybersecurity Month. During that month, the Alert Online initiative, organised by ECP Platform for Information Society, aims to raise awareness of online security and encourage more cybersecure behaviour.
"Safe on the internet during summertime!" at children's summer camps in Lithuania
It has become a tradition for “Langas į ateitį”, together with the Safer Internet Centre partners, to visit children's camps every summer and to talk to the campers about the opportunities and dangers of the internet.
Her Body, her choice: sexual self-determination of girls on the web
Since 2012, the United Nations International Day of the Girl has been celebrated on 11 October. The child rights organisation and Plan International co-initiated this day and set a focus topic every year with the Girls' Report. In 2023, the topic will be "Her Body, Her Choice", focusing on girls' physical and mental health concerning sexuality and reproduction. On World Girls' Day, klicksafe asks: What about girls' sexual self-determination on the internet?
Celebrating World Mental Health Day: supporting parents of child abuse on their journey to healing
Today, 10 October 2023, we commemorate World Mental Health Day, a global initiative dedicated to raising awareness of mental health issues and supporting collective actions to improve mental well-being worldwide. This day serves as a platform for individuals and organisations working on mental health to contribute and discuss the essential steps to ensure accessible mental health care for everyone across the globe. In addition to these efforts, we also want to shed light on INHOPE's vital support for parents who have survived child abuse, recognising their unique struggles and providing them with essential resources.
