Better Internet for Kids

This year marked the biggest ever Safer Internet Day in Ireland with almost 200,000 children and young people taking part in activities around the country to mark the occasion. Hundreds of events took place all over the country to celebrate #SID2023, and these are some of the highlights.

More than 30,000 students from all educational levels across the country participated in the festivities organised by the Greek Safer Internet Centre (SIC) for Safer Internet Day 2023 – and thousands more set up small celebrations in their classrooms with material provided by the Greek Safer Internet Centre, sending then their creations to the SIC.

For the past thirteen years, the Centre for Missing and Exploited Children Croatia has been continuously celebrating Safer Internet Day to raise awareness of a safer and better use of the internet by children and young people. Read on to discover the activities for SID2023.

The International Day of Happiness is celebrated every year on March 20th. This special day was first introduced by the United Nations in 2012 to recognize the importance of happiness in the lives of people around the world.

We cannot imagine life without the internet, as it provides so many opportunities. Therefore, it should also be a safe space where children and young people can be inspired, respected and protected. Based on these principles, this is how the Belgian Safer Internet Centre celebrated Safer Internet Day 2023.

The Education Toolkit was developed by the CO:RE team at European Schoolnet in an extensive consultation process and co-creation workshops with teachers, practitioner, but also young people. The result is a comprehensive toolkit with relevant information and many helpful resources.

The Insafe network of helplines collects data about the types of calls they receive and this is analysed every three months in order to look at possible trends and emerging issues. 

Actions speak louder than words – and with this year presenting two decades of striving for a safer internet, INHOPE looks back on collective action results on the landmark event that Safer Internet Day is. And, as a global network, we look at ourselves and our impact on the association of hotlines across the years.

On Tuesday 7 February, the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre (SIC) celebrated the 20th edition of Safer Internet Day (SID). The Safer Internet Center Consortium, coordinated by the National Center for Cybersecurity, promoted the commemorative event, which was held in Ponta Delgada, Azores.

As this 2017 survey on fake news carried out by the Austrian Safer Internet Centre (SIC) firstly indicated, in 2023 online media and social networks are the most important source of information for young people on everyday topics. However, they hardly trust the information found there – this is what the Austrian SIC latest study shows.