Insafe Weekly Update

The new call “Ensuring comprehensive geographical coverage of the network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs)” has now opened; the submission deadline 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 this call, HaDEA is organising an info session this Wednesday, 29 April 2026, at 10.00 CEST. Find more information about the session here; join the session via this link.

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 this Friday, 1 May 2026. Submissions can be made in any of the EU's official languages.

A reminder that many of the presentations from the recent joint Insafe-INHOPE training meeting are available from the BIK community (login first). You can also access the recordings from the main plenary room livestream (Jura and Jurmala) using the following links:

• Day 1 livestream recording (Wednesday, 15 April 2026)
• Day 2 livestream recording (Thursday, 16 April 2026)

Also, an urgent reminder to please share your feedback on the training meeting via the customary evaluation survey. Your input is really helpful in shaping future meetings.

For any further information, please contact Karl.

Many thanks to everyone who attended the recent meeting with OpenAI. You can find the meeting report in the BIK community (login first).

If you require any further information, please contact Karl.

Many thanks to everyone who attended the recent helpline early warning meeting. You can find a report from the meeting and a link to the recording in the BIK community (login first).

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

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

The next online meeting for youth coordinators will take place this Thursday, 30 April 2026 at 11.00 CEST; access the meeting using this link.The meeting will focus on the upcoming second evaluation of the BIK+ strategy. Youth coordinators will be invited to share lessons learned from the first evaluation.

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.

The next meeting will take place on Monday, 11 May 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.

There will be a meeting with the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) on Thursday, 21 May 2026 at 11:00 CEST. CCDH is a not-for-profit NGO that aims to hold social media and AI companies accountable for the online harm that is encountered on their platforms. They conduct research and run campaigns to raise awareness of some of the most common problems (e.g. X recommending explicit content to 13-year-olds).

The meeting will particularly focus on their research into AI chatbots assisting users in planning violent attacks and how ChatGPT betrays vulnerable teens by encouraging dangerous behaviour.

Use this link to join the meeting.

For further information, 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 three 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:

• Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 15:00 CEST: Toward greater transparency: Insights from OECD's 2025 benchmarking study on transparency reporting
  
  INHOPE and Child Helpline International are teaming up with the OECD for the first webinar of the Expert Insights series 2026. The session will unpack the OECD's 2025 benchmarking study on platform transparency, which examined 50 of the biggest global platforms where child sexual exploitation and abuse is found.
  
  Join Lisa Robinson, Analyst at the OECD, Gaby Reijn, Content Analyst at Offlimits, and Carmen Weyer, Hotline Manager at KJT/BEE SECURE as they dive deep into the study findings and offer their frontline perspectives. Register for the webinar here.

Other planned webinars are as follows:

• Wednesday, 27 May 2026, 16:00 CEST: Understanding online subcultures of nihilistic violence
• Thursday, 25 June 2026, 16:00 CEST: Tackling the sadistic online exploitation of children in online gaming environments

Find out more about the webinar series here.

A digi.well webinar, “Connected but calm: psychological strategies for healthy digital lives in the school environment”, will take place this Thursday, 30 April 2026 (17:00–18:30 CEST).

The session will explore how digital practices affect students’ well-being, learning, and relationships, and will also discover practical strategies for schools. It will also feature expert insights and young people’s perspectives, and introduce the digi.well self-assessment tool and action plan to support a whole-school approach to digital well-being. Interested participants are invited to register here.

Access the full BIK news article archive here.

Explore the full collection of Safer Internet Day (SID) 2026 articles 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