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Child Focus celebrated its 25th anniversary
In 2023, Child Focus celebrated its 25th anniversary. The organisation has so far handled 85,000 cases, including 43,000 cases of disappearance and 42,000 cases of sexual exploitation. 25 years later, Child Focus is more relevant than ever.
Internet Safe&Fun: 7,000 elementary school students learning about online safety in Belgium
In March 2023, Child Focus, the private sector and elementary schools joined forces to conduct 390 Internet Safe&Fun workshops across Belgium. 130 employees cleared their agenda to teach 7,000 5th and 6th-grade students about sexting, privacy, cyberbullying and online friendships.
Empowering online safety: new nationwide media campaign by the Greek Safer Internet Centre
To address online safety challenges and promote a safer online environment for children, a nationwide TV campaign has been launched by the Greek Safer Internet Centre. This campaign aims to educate parents, caregivers, guardians and young people about the importance of online safety, provide practical tips and guidance for navigating the digital world responsibly, and inform about the support offered by the Greek helpline and hotline services.
Artificial intelligence (AI): should parents allow their children to use ChatGPT, Dall-E and more?
Applications based on artificial intelligence (AI) are conquering our everyday lives. How should parents and caregivers deal with this? The Austrian Safer Internet Centre shares some tips.
Learn some of the most used acronyms on social media
Social Media Day was celebrated in Portugal on 30 June 2023. The Portuguese Safer Internet Centre, aware of the peculiarities of these platforms, developed the In[sight] campaign to make people aware of some widely used terms and acronyms.
Online safety tips from the Belgian Safer Internet Centre
You will find below a few tips from the Belgian Safer Internet Centre which you can pass along to teenagers to make their experience online safer and more enjoyable
New online course about victims of teenage pimps available
The latest studies in Flanders and Brussels on victims of teenage pimps are clear: professionals with in-depth knowledge and skills about this phenomenon can no longer tolerate delay.
GrooMix: a grooming prevention card game for professionals
Child Focus launched the card game GrooMix. This educational game aims to make children and teenagers aware of and resilient to phenomena such as online grooming. Grooming is the process by which an adult approaches a minor with a sexual purpose, either to meet them or to obtain explicit material. The game focuses on the (potential) victim perspective: how can you, as a young person, protect yourself against grooming and how to deal with messages from strangers?
Slovenian teenagers and online pornography
Online pornography is very easily accessible to all internet users. Slovenian children and teenagers encounter it at a very early age, which can give them incorrect ideas about sexuality and relationships between individuals, and what they see can deeply affect them and their education.
The final conference of the European SafeOnline Initiative
On 8 June 2023, Child Focus and its partners organised the final conference of the European SafeOnline Initiative: a European event on parenting about digital media.
