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Insafe Weekly Update - 14 April 2025
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  14/04/2025  
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In this issue

Important

Easter break

Please note, the EUN office will be closed this Friday (18/04) and next Monday (21/04). As such, the next Weekly Update will be issued on Tuesday, 22 April 2025.

Governance

Commission launches ‘Virtual Worlds Toolbox' to help citizens explore new digital spaces

[NEW, FOR INFORMATION]

The European Commission has released the ‘Virtual Worlds Toolbox’, an online resource designed to help citizens navigate virtual environments.

Read more and access the toolbox on the European Commission website.

As you may recall, the June 2024 edition of the BIK bulletin focused on virtual worlds.

Capacity building

Helpline early warning meeting

[REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION]

The next early warning meeting for helplines will take place on Friday, 2 May 2025 at 11:00 CEST; join the meeting using this link. For further information on any aspect of the helpline early warning meetingsplease contact Karl.

Online meeting with Meta

[DATE CHANGED, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION]

Please note that the date of this meeting has changed.

An online meeting with Meta will take place on Thursday, 8 May 2025 at 11:00 CEST. It will provide an opportunity to hear about some of the latest tools for privacy and security which have been launched, as well as a chance for questions and discussion. Use this link to join the meeting. If you need any further information, please contact Karl.

Awareness early warning meeting

[NEW, FOR INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION]

The next early warning meeting for awareness centres will take place Wednesday, 14 May 2025 at 11:00 CESTuse this link to join the meeting. All colleagues are welcome regardless of whether you have anything to share. For any further information, please contact Karl.

 

Events and campaigns

Make the internet safer for you(th): recording now available from the CONNECT University webinar

[UPDATED, FOR INFORMATION]

The recording from the CONNECT University session, which took place on Friday, 11 April 2025, providing practical advice aimed at parents/caregivers, educators and the wider public on how to support and protect children when they are online and particularly as young consumers in the digital space, is now available on YouTube.

A playlist of all previous CONNECT University webinars can be seen here.

Dissemination

March edition of the BIK bulletin now published

[REMINDER, FOR INFORMATION]

The March 2025 edition of the BIK bulletin has recently been published. This edition focuses on the findings from the first evaluation of the BIK+ strategy, in which emerging risks and new challenges are identified, and actionable recommendations for improvements are proposed. Building on the focus topic of the last edition of the BIK bulletin on manipulative marketing practices in online gaming, our new Knowledge hub insight series delves into commercial exploitation through addictive design.

Visit the BIK portal for the bulletin archive, or subscribe to receive future editions direct. 

What’s been happening on the new BIK public portal?

[PORTAL NEWS UPDATES]

Articles
Access the BIK news article archive here.

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

General dissemination information

For information for your own dissemination actions...

Please note the updated URLs for the new BIK platform:

What’s been happening in the community on the new BIK platform?

[PLATFORM COMMUNITY UPDATES]

As a reminder, various presentations and materials from the Insafe-INHOPE joint training meeting are now available to download from the BIK community (login first).

Various reports from online meetings for awareness centres and helplines are now available in the BIK community (login first).

Need help with the BIK platform?
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 in the first instance, and we will schedule a call at a mutually convenient time.

Approaching deadlines

Deadline to respond to the consultation on the EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) (see previous Weekly Update - login first) 

Tuesday, 6 May 2025 (midnight Brussels time)

Important dates to come

 

Pan-European youth consultation on the Draft Guidelines for Article 28 of the DSA

Monday, 14 April 2025, from 18:00-19:30 CEST (online)

 Invited participants only

Early warning meeting for helplines 

Friday, 2 May 2025 at 11:00 CEST (online)

Helplines (see above)

Online meeting with Meta

Thursday, 8 May 2025 at 11:00 CEST (online)

All (see above)

EuroDIG 2025

12-14 May 2025 (Strasbourg, France)

Visit the EuroDIG website for more information

Early warning meeting for awareness centres

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 11:00 CEST (online) 

Awareness centres (see above) 

Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2025

23-27 June 2025 (Lillestrøm, Norway)

Visit the IGF website for more information; registration now open 

Safer Internet Day 2026: Together for a better internet

Throughout February 2026, with a global day of focus on Tuesday, 10 February 

All

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