Insafe Weekly Update

A dedicated session to present the action plan in depth will be organised on Tuesday, 17 March 2026, from 10:00 to 11:30 CET. Click the link to join the Teams meeting.

In case of questions, please contact Rima in the first instance.

Launched on the occasion of Safer Internet Day 2026, the European Commission's Action plan against cyberbullying aims to protect the mental health of children and teens online in the EU. The Action plan is built around: the rollout of an EU-wide app where victims of online bullying can easily get help, the coordination of national approaches to tackle harmful behaviour online, and the prevention of cyberbullying by encouraging better and safer digital practices.

Discover more:

• European Commission press release
• Action plan against cyberbullying
• Factsheet on the Action plan against cyberbullying

The European Commission has launched a public consultation to assess the impact of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and explore options for its review.

The consultation is organised in four distinct pillars: scope and enforcement, audiovisual commercial communications, protection of viewers, and strengthening of media diversity in the internal market.

Feedback is invited from across the spectrum, including citizens, Member State authorities, companies and industry, consumer organisations, non-governmental organisations, including media freedom organisations, associations of journalists, and academic institutions.

The consultation is open until Friday, 1 May 2026. It is currently available in English, and all other EU official languages will follow shortly.

A Czech non-profit initiative, AI for Children, has put together an AI curriculum for both primary and secondary schools. You can see the curriculum here. A meeting will take place at 11:00 CET on Tuesday, 10 March 2026. Use this link to join the meeting and learn more about the resource and how to use it. For further information, please contact Karl.  

The next helpline early warning meeting will take place on Thursday, 12 March 2026 at 11:00 CET; join the meeting using this link.

Reports from the previous meeting and a link to the recording in the BIK community (login first).

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

An online meeting with Snap will take place on Tuesday, 24 March 2026 at 11:00 CET. This will be an opportunity to hear about the latest updates to privacy and security on the platform, as well as other developments. There will also be a chance for discussion and Q&A. Please use this link to join the meeting. For any further information, please contact Karl. 

The next online meeting for youth coordinators will take place on Thursday, 26 March 2026 at 11.00 CET; access the meeting using this link. A reminder that you can find reports from previous youth coordinator meetings in the BIK community (login first). 

For further information, please contact Chiara or Carolina.

The next early warning meeting for awareness centres will take place on Wednesday, 1 April 2026 at 11:00 CET; 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 previous meetings are available from the BIK community (login first).

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

A reminder that the next Joint Insafe-INHOPE Training meeting will take place in Latvia on Wednesday, 15 and Thursday, 16 April 2026. The meeting will take place at the Baltic Beach Hotel in Jurmala near Riga. Further information about the agenda and other logistics will follow, but the meeting will start at 13:00 CEST on Wednesday, 15 April and will finish at 17:00 CEST on Thursday, 16 April.

As usual, a resource competition will take place as part of the upcoming joint training meeting. More details will follow in next week’s Weekly Update.

We have secured a discounted rate for accommodation at the hotel, covering the period from Tuesday, 14 April, until Saturday, 18 April, for those who would like to extend their stay. You will need to enter the code BIK2026 when you use the online booking form, and this will give you 20 per cent off the day’s best price for all room categories. Cancellation is free of charge up to 10 days before the event.

If you have any questions or need any further information, please contact Karl.

The month of Safer Internet Day (SID) celebrations has now concluded. Thanks for all your support of this key annual campaign!

[REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION]Safer Internet Day 2026 highlights so far
Read the article on the BIK portal.

[REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION]Safer Internet Day 2026 reporting
A kind reminder that Safer Internet Day reports (submitted via the assessment platform tools) are due by the close of business on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, to enable network-level reporting to the European Commission. Please note, the form covers both the global day of celebration (10/02) and the full campaign period (01/02 - 28/02).

The reporting process still includes an article on SID successes - this can be sent separately (to the file upload process), directly to the BIK content mailbox (as with all other platform content contributions). Early submissions of articles are most welcome. Thanks to those SICs who have already sent an article.

[REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION]Save the date for Safer Internet Day 2027
The global day of focus for Safer Internet Day 2027 will take place on Tuesday, 9 February 2027. Find a customary save-the-date logo here.

Please contact the SID helpdesk with any further questions regarding Safer Internet Day campaign actions.

The next edition of the BIK bulletin will be published at the end of March 2026, with an overview of Safer Internet Day (SID) 2026 celebrations, and updates on the adoption of the EU Action plan against cyberbullying.

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, 16 March 2026 (or sooner if possible). 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.

Recently published articles include:

• Safer Internet Day 2026: a collective commitment to a safer digital world for every child in Greece (SIC EL)
• SIC Portugal at the Lisbon Games Week 2025 (SIC PT)
• Is it okay to share photos of my child online? (SIC BE)

Access the full BIK news article archive here.

Please contact the BIK content mailbox with any article submissions or if you have any 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; #SIF2025;#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

• SIC Albania launches new "Safer Internet Guide for Parents"