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Three children looking at smartphone
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  • Romanian Safer Internet Centre
  • 21 February 2022

In the second semester of 2020/21 school year, the Internet Class team of the Romanian Safer Internet Centre (SIC), with support from the Ministry of Education, delivered a campaign entitled "The FOMO phenomenon among young people and the pressure to be always online" in Romanian schools. FOMO – fear of missing out – is a very topical issue for young Romanians.
A mother and her son sitting on the floor and looking at a laptop
  • news
  • Romanian Safer Internet Centre
  • 18 February 2022

Many parents and carers constantly wonder who their child might be talking to on the internet, or what might be the best parental control app. Given that a third of internet users are minors, millions of parents and carers around the world face the same dilemmas. Mihaela Dinu, psychologist at Save the Children Romania, and Cristian China Birta, blogger, social media consultant and father of three, offer you some ideas on how you can teach your children to make good decisions on the internet without constantly having to monitor them.
Survey for SID 2022
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  • Greek Safer Internet Centre
  • 18 February 2022

One in four children has received personal photos of others and has been harassed online, while one in two chats with strangers and makes friends online. One in four children has encountered hate speech on the internet and one in nine children has fallen victim to cyber fraud. According to the findings of a recent survey in Greece, children and young people do not seem to hesitate to block someone or something that has upset them on the internet, but they do not proceed so easily to make a report.
Photo of the Mind the gender gap OR mend the gender gap workshop during the Internet Governance Forum
  • news
  • BIK Team
  • 18 February 2022

The sixteenth edition of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) took place from 6-10 December 2021 in Katowice, Poland and was hosted both offline and online. The theme of this edition was ‘Internet United’. During the event, the Insafe delegation hosted two workshops: one looking at gender-based issues relating to online violence or abuse, and one discussing the overarching challenge of the digital divide.
The BIK Youth and Safer Internet Day logos
  • youth voice
  • BIK Team
  • 16 February 2022

A Safer Internet Day Summit was organised and held by Twitter on 10 February 2022, discussing how to stay safe on the social media platform, and wanting to hear more about the participants’ online safety concerns. For the occasion, 24 Better Internet for Kids (BIK) Youth Ambassadors from all over Europe participated in the event.
A group of students, teachers and educators celebrating Safer Internet Day in Nepal.
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  • ChildSafeNet the Nepal Safer Internet Day Committee
  • 09 February 2022

With the slogan, "Together for a better internet", Safer Internet Day 2022 was celebrated in Nepal and in approximately 180 countries on 8 February 2022. The Safer Internet Day is celebrated each year on the second Tuesday of February to promote a safer and more positive use of digital technologies for children and young people, and to inspire conversations at a national level around these topics.
Official SID2022 graphic design by BIK Team
  • news
  • BIK Team
  • 08 February 2022

Today is the day! On Tuesday, 8 February 2022, we celebrate Safer Internet Day – the annual flagship campaign under the European Strategy for Better Internet for Children. With a theme of "Together for a better internet", today calls upon all stakeholders to join together to make the internet a safer and better place for all, and especially for children and young people.
Cover of the 2021 Better Internet for Kids annual report
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  • BIK Team
  • 08 February 2022

The Better Internet for Kids review of the year 2021 is released on the occasion of Safer Internet Day 2022, Tuesday, 8 February. 2021 was yet another year overshadowed by the global pandemic, with many children and young people obliged to study and socialise online, as daily life was again disrupted by lockdowns. This report provides an overview of a multitude of stakeholder efforts to both protect and empower in their digital lives.
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