COFACE “Families in the age of artificial intelligence” conference | Zuzanna's perspective
On 17 March 2026, COFACE Families Europe and KMOP hosted the “Families in the age of artificial intelligence: Rights, inclusion and empowerment” conference in Athens. Read more from BIK Youth Ambassador Zuzanna’s point of view, who participated in the event.
COFACE “Families in the age of artificial intelligence” conference | João's perspective
On 17 March 2026, COFACE Families Europe and KMOP hosted the “Families in the age of artificial intelligence: Rights, inclusion and empowerment” conference in Athens. Read more from BIK Youth Ambassador João's point of view, who participated in the event.
Do we still live in the same world as our parents?
Jad, from the Austrian youth panel, provides insights into youth participation at the Safer Internet Day conference in Austria “Safer internet – growing up in the digital world”.
Digital dilemmas cannot be solved by parents alone
Children have the right to freedom of expression, participation and information, privacy and protection against harmful content. There are obviously many dilemmas that come with this for parents and carers. When is the right time to give your child their first smartphone? Which apps and services should your child have access to and at what age? What about the risk of encountering inappropriate or harmful content? This was the focus topic for Safer Internet Day 2023 in Norway.
How do you tell an adult that something bad happened to you?
Have you been blackmailed, are nude photos sent to your class, does someone ask you to do things you don't want to do, or do you just have some questions about online safety? It's always good to talk to someone.
The five mechanisms of hate speech
The French Safer Internet Centre (SIC) recently created a resource on how to identify hate speech based on racial criteria online. The resource was created in response to a call for proposals from the French Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah and it aims to raise awareness of hate speech, specifically online.
Social initiative to educate young internet users
The Latvian Safer Internet Centre, together with Latvian major internet service provider TET and other partners, have launched the social initiative "When you use the internet, remember safety!", which will help the youngest digital users (4 to 7 years old) to learn about safe and responsible internet use, and involving parents and educators in the learning process.
Information campaign on online frauds by the Greek Safer Internet Centre and the National Cyber Security Authority
At a time when online interactions and activities have increased rapidly due to the ongoing pandemic, which has seen more and more children and young people spend an increasingly high amount of time in the digital world, new forms of fraud are constantly emerging, making online safety education for users an urgent and primary need.
The 2021 edition of the Youth Work Week in Estonia focused on mental health and digitalisation
The eleventh annual Youth Work Week in Estonia took place from 22-30 November 2021. This year, the campaign focused on the relationship between young people's mental health and digitalisation.
ON-LINE ZOO, a new series of short stories about online safety
The resource catalogue of the CZ.NIC association has recently been expanded with the publication of a new digital series of short stories, ON-LINE ZOO - Poems. This collection of playful poems was created as an extension of the book ON-LINE ZOO, originally created by the Austrian Safer Internet Centre and translated into Czech, which introduces children of pre-school and earlier school grades to the most common risks associated with the use of the internet. The original texts were turned into poems by Libor Manda, project manager of the Czech Safer Internet Centre.
