Insafe Weekly Update

The European Commission has launched a targeted consultation to seek feedback on the draft trusted flaggers guidelines under Article 22 of the Digital Services Act (DSA).

This is a public consultation; as such, SICs are encouraged to share this information with their own contacts and networks.

The consultation will run until Friday, 26 June 2026. The Commission plans to adopt the guidelines in the second half of 2026.

Further information:

• Chapeau: Commission seeks feedback on draft trusted flaggers guidelines under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
• Draft guidelines: Draft Commission guidelines on trusted flaggers | Shaping Europe’s digital future
• Study on trusted flaggers: Study supporting the implementation of the trusted flaggers mechanism under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
• Consultation page: Targeted consultation: draft guidelines on trusted flaggers under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
• Updated webpage (searchable table): Trusted flaggers under the Digital Services Act (DSA)

The BIK Advisory Board provides the European Commission with a point of exchange on the ongoing implementation and future development of the BIK platform initiative and supports effective relationships between all relevant stakeholders. SIC representation in the BIK Advisory Board is through two co-funded Safer Internet Centre Coordinators, and representation is rotated annually.

We take this opportunity to thank the Coordinators of SIC Norway and SIC Greece for proudly representing the network on the Board during its first term under the current contract.

Representation in the BIK Advisory Board mainly involves actively contributing to two meetings. The next BIK Advisory Board meeting, marking its second term, will take place on the morning of Wednesday, 2 December 2026, in Brussels, Belgium (the day before SIF). SIC Coordinators are invited to express their interest in joining the BIK Advisory Board and attending the next meeting by contacting Rima by the close of business on Friday, 26 June 2026.

The submission deadline for the new call “Ensuring comprehensive geographical coverage of the network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs)” is Thursday, 1 October 2026 (17:00 Brussels time). All relevant information regarding the call is available on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

In the context of the second EU-wide evaluation of the BIK+ strategy, we will once again carry out consultations with various stakeholders, including children and young people.

SICs will be asked to organise one or more focus groups with children and young people under the age of 18, with a maximum of 10 participants per focus group (ideally 8).

To facilitate the focus groups with children and young people, SICs will receive all the relevant materials in August 2026. These will, indicatively, include a consultation protocol (in English), a child-friendly explainer of the consultation (in the national language), a discussion guide (in the national language), and a reporting template (in English). SICs will be kindly asked to organise the consultations and submit the reports to EUN by Friday, 16 October 2026 at the latest.

Please confirm your interest and availability by sending an email to BIKevaluation@eun.org by the extended deadline of Friday, 26 June 2026.

EUN will host an information session about the consultation activities after sharing the materials indicated above. If you have any questions before this session, please also contact BIKevaluation@eun.org.

The next early warning meeting for helplines will take place on Wednesday, 3 June 2026 at 11:00 CEST. Use this link to join the meeting.

A reminder that you can find reports and links to recordings from previous meetings in the BIK community (login first).

Please contact Karl for any further information on helpline early warning meetings.

There will be a meeting to discuss how we can advance response to sadistic online exploitation in networked youth environments, which will take place on Thursday, 11June 2026 at 15:00 CEST. We will hear from Amanda Goharian from Thorn, who will share insights from their recent report,which colleagues from Child Focus also contributed to.

Use this link to join the meeting. For further information, please contact Karl.

The next meeting will take place on Wednesday, 24 June 2026 at 11:00 CEST; use this link to join.

Please remember that you can use the Teams chat to share information between meetings. A reminder also that reports and recordings from all previous meetings are available from the BIK community (login first).

Please contact Karl for any further information about awareness early warning meetings.

The next online meeting for youth coordinators will take place on Thursday, 25 June 2026 at 11:00 CEST; use this link to join the meeting.

A reminder that you can find reports from previous youth coordinator meetings in the BIK community (login first).

For further information, please contact Carolina and Chiara.

There will be an online meeting with Dirk Bosmans from PEGI on Thursday, 25 June 2026 at 11:00 CEST. This will be an opportunity to hear about the latest developments from PEGI, including the recent announcement that games with loot boxes will be rated PEGI 16 from June 2026. There will also be time for Q&A.

Use this link to join the meeting. For further information, please contact Karl.

A reminder that the next Insafe training meeting will be held online across three consecutive mornings on Tuesday, 13, Wednesday, 14, and Thursday, 15 October 2026, from 10:00 CEST until 13:00 CEST.

More information and a draft agenda will be shared in due course.

For any immediate questions, please contact Karl.

Please note, this item relates to INHOPE work linked with the current BIK project (2025-2027).

INHOPE's Expert Insights webinar series is back for 2026 with sessions diving into critical and emerging topics in child online safety, featuring leading voices from the OECD, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, Tech Coalition, Discord, and GIFCT.

All sessions are free, online, and open to approved registrants. The remaining planned webinar will take place on Thursday, 25 June 2026, 16:00 CEST, focused on tackling the sadistic online exploitation of children in online gaming environments.

Find out more about the INHOPE webinar series here.

Please note, this item relates to INHOPE work which falls outside of the current BIK project (2025-2027).
It is provided here for information purposes only.

The 9th annual INHOPE Summit will take place on Tuesday, 6 and Wednesday, 7 October 2026in Dublin, Ireland, and will be hosted by Meta. This year's theme, Pathways to safer systems, puts the financial sector at the centre of the conversation, exploring how technology, finance, infrastructure, and policy can build the coordinated ecosystems that child protection demands.

Find more information on the INHOPE website.

We are delighted to open the call for the BIK Youth Panel 2026 for this year's Safer Internet Forum (SIF), taking place in Brussels, Belgium, in December 2026.

Please note that, in line with the requirements of the current BIK project, there are some changes to the youth participant nomination processes. As such, please ensure that you read and follow the detailed application process. The BIK Youth Panel 2026 call is open to youth associated with all Insafe network member countries (excluding the UK). Find further details, including information on the application process for the BIK Youth Panel, here.

The deadline for applications is the close of business on Tuesday, 1 September 2026. For further information, please contact Chiara.

The call for the SIF Youth Advisory Group (YAG) will be launched separately at a later stage.

The next edition of the BIK bulletin will be published at the end of June 2026, with a focus on the recent BIK Policy monitor report and updates on other policy measures in progress to protect children and young people online.

As always, we also invite Safer Internet Centres (and their partners) to contribute to the BIK bulletin with general articles on news, resources or events. The content deadline is the close of business on Monday, 15 June 2026. All contributions or queries should be addressed to content@betterinternetforkids.eu.

As a reminder, we generally suggest that articles should be 300 - 600 words in length (but longer focus pieces are fine too), along with copyright-cleared images/photographs/logos if appropriate (please note that we cannot accept AI-generated images). The BIK team reserves the right to edit contributions for house style, etc., but we try to keep these changes to a minimum.

Access the full BIK news article archive here.

Please contact the BIK content mailbox with any article submissions or queries.

• A reminder that reports from online meetings for awareness centres and helplines are now available in the BIK community, including those from early warning meetings for both strands.
• Safer Internet Centres continue to upload resources to the BIK community resource repository: explore or upload your SIC's resources here (alternatively, access the public resource directory here).
• Equally, SICs have been uploading new helpline case studies: explore or upload your SIC's case studies here.
• Please refer to the BIK platform user guides for support with regular tasks (such as resource and helpline case study uploads).
• The Insafe induction manual also provides a good background on the tools and services available to network members, the various commitments you have as a network member (including a handy checklist by strand), and contact information for team members.

Alternatively, we are happy to schedule short online support calls at any time. Please use the contact form on the BIK platform or contact the BIK support mailbox initially. We will then schedule a call at a mutually convenient time.

Please remember to log in to access any BIK community links.

• Better Internet for Kids (BIK):
  better-internet-for-kids. europa.eu; #BIK; #BIKbulletin
• BIK strategy (BIK+):
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/bik/bik-plus-strategy; #BIKplus
• Safer Internet Forum (SIF):
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/sif; #SaferInternetForum; #SIF2026
• BIK Knowledge hub:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/knowledge-hub; #BIKPolicyMap
• BIK Youth:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/bik-youth; #BIKyouth
• Safer Internet Day (SID):
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/saferinternetday; #SaferInternetDay; #SID2026; #SaferInternetDay2026; #SID2027; #SaferInternetDay2027
• DSA for YOUth campaign:
  #DSAforYOUth; #DSA
• Project Facebook profiles:
  Insafe, Safer Internet Day, Insafe network closed Facebook group, INHOPE
• Project X (formerly Twitter) profiles:
  @insafenetwork; @safeinternetday; @BIK_youth; @inhope_pr
• Project LinkedIn profile:
  Better Internet for Kids