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Stay up to date with the latest opportunities, challenges and initiatives for keeping children and young people safe online, on national, European and global levels.

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Stay up to date with the latest opportunities, challenges and initiatives for keeping children and young people safe online, on national, European and global levels.

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Stay up to date with the latest opportunities, challenges and initiatives for keeping children and young people safe online, on national, European and global levels.

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  • FSM the German hotline
  • 04 September 2020

The Voluntary Self-Regulation for Multimedia Service Providers (FSM), the German hotline, was recognised by the Federal Office of Justice as the first institution of regulated self-regulation under the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) fulfilling the prerequisites of independence and proper transparent procedure.
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  • Portuguese Safer Internet Centre
  • 03 September 2020

On Thursday, 23 July 2020, the Portuguese Digital Leaders attended the Virtual Educa Connect 2020 online conference, the largest international virtual meeting on innovation in education for social transformation. More specifically, the group was involved in a panel discussion on "Digital Citizenship: Risks and Challenges in the ‘New Normal'".
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  • SafeLine: the Greek hotline
  • 01 September 2020

In order to shed light on the operations of SafeLine and its seventeen years of successful operation as a member of INHOPE, the Greek Safer Internet Centre (SIC) has published a research paper about the power of reporting illegal activity online, the dark web and the related legislation.
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  • ChildWebAlert the Maltese hotline
  • 31 August 2020

ChildWebAlert, Malta's national online platform for the reporting of child sexual abuse material, has recently undergone a revamp. The refreshed site offers a more user-friendly experience and has been optimised for mobile devices.
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  • Belgian Safer Internet Centre
  • 21 August 2020

After a resurgence of the Blue Whale challenge online – which has been found to be a hoax – the Belgian awareness centre, Child Focus, has issued some simple tips for children and young people (and parents) on how to handle it should concerns arise.
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  • Belgian Safer Internet Centre
  • 20 August 2020

Apetail Years is a study of media ownership and use by children between the age of 6 and 12, and young people aged 12-18 in Flanders, conducted by Mediaraven, Mediawijs and imec-MICT-UGent every two years. Belgian awareness centre Child Focus was also involved. The results for Wallonia will be published at the end of 2020. These results provide interesting insight into how young people deal with the news, current events and societal debate.
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  • APLE Cambodia, the Cambodian Safer Internet Day Committee
  • 14 August 2020

With information partly gained through INHOPE trainings, and with financial aid from Terre des Hommes and Bread for the World, APLE Cambodia hotline analysts have provided the Anti-Human Trafficking Police of Cambodia and the Department of Anti-Cybercrime with trainings related to the investigation of online crimes related to the sexual exploitation of children.
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  • Latvian Safer Internet Centre
  • 11 August 2020

Scammers have become more active recently, using the names of well-known people in Latvia to target people online and advertise various products on the internet. To help consumers protect themselves in such cases, Latvian Safer Internet Centre (SIC) Drossinternets.lv has developed useful tips.
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  • BIK Team
  • 10 August 2020

As part of the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) Quality Assurance Programme (QAP), the Insafe-INHOPE Coordination Teams are jointly conducting a set of ten 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 the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) policy.
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  • Save the Children Finland: the Finnish hotline
  • 31 July 2020

In Finland, in early July, the Ministry of Justice issued a draft to the Minister of Justice to suggest amendments to the Criminal Code regarding sexual offences.
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