Insafe Weekly Update

A reminder that the current call for proposals for Safer Internet Centres will close on Tuesday, 2 September 2025 (17:00:00 CEST). All relevant information can be found on the HaDEA website here.

Assessment platform submissions are now due for helplines and hotlines reporting on the second quarter of 2025 (April to June inclusive). The deadline for both helpline and hotline submissions will be the close of business on Friday, 11 July 2025. 

The Excel template for helplines is now available in the BIK community (login first). A reminder that the Good practice guide on helpline data (March 2023) can also be accessed in the BIK community. For further information, please contact Karl (helplines). 

The Excel template for hotlines is now available in the BIK community (login first). Please contact Abby (INHOPE) for any queries regarding hotline submissions. 

Please remember that these submissions must be made using the assessment platform in the new BIK community. If you encounter issues accessing the platform or need to assign reporting permissions to new or different staff members, please contact the BIK support mailbox.

This internal good practice guide aims to support SICs in working with children and young people, teachers and educators, and parents and caregivers to ensure that children and young people understand their online rights and are encouraged to report online harm. The guide highlights key articles and provisions that SICs should be aware of, as well as sharing education and awareness-raising activities developed at EU coordination level. It also examines existing and emerging best practices from across the Insafe network. Access it from the BIK community here (login needed). Access supplementary materials linked to this good practice guide here (again, login needed).

Please note, this is an internal good practice guide for Safer Internet Centres only. Please do not circulate it beyond the network.

We would like this internal good practice guide to be a living document, and so we would encourage you to let us know if there are any activities or awareness raising that you are doing which are connected to the DSA. Please contact Karl with any information you would like to share, and we can include it. 

Thanks to those who joined the early warning meeting for awareness centres this morning; notes will follow in the BIK community in the coming days.

The next meeting will take place on Monday, 11 August 2025 at 11:00 CEST; use this link to join.

Please contact Karl for any further information.

There will be an online meeting with colleagues from Sony on Thursday, 3 July 2025 at 14:00 CEST. The meeting will provide an opportunity to hear about Sony’s work on online safety and how their systems work. There will also be an opportunity for questions and discussion. Join the meeting using this link. If you have any specific questions or suggestions for areas you would like them to focus on, please contact Karl.

An online meeting will take place on Thursday, 10 July 2025 at 11:00 CEST to showcase the VUĊI (Valuing and Understanding Children’s Impact) Toolkit, which has been developed by colleagues in Malta to measure the impact of child participation on children, adults and policymaking. Sue, who many of you know from the Maltese SIC, will present the toolkit and share some thoughts on how it can be used. You can read more about the project and access the toolkit (in English) here. Use this link to join the meeting; for further information, please contact Karl.  

The next helpline early warning meeting will take place on Wednesday, 30 July 2025 at 11:00 CEST; join the meeting using this link. Please remember it is possible to use the Teams chat to share any information between meetings. 

Please contact Karl for any further information.

The next Insafe training meeting will take place online on the mornings of 14, 15 and 16 October 2025; the meeting will run from 10:00 CEST until 13:00 CEST on all three mornings. Further information will be shared in the coming weeks, but please already save the dates in your calendars. For further information, please contact Karl.

Please note, this item relates to wider INHOPE work, not linked to the BIK Phase 6 project. It is provided here for information purposes only. 

Last week, the European Parliament adopted its position on the Recast CSEA Directive, clearly demonstrating its trust in and recognition of INHOPE hotlines as key partners in the fight against child sexual abuse online. 

This important step builds on INHOPE’s recommendations to empower hotlines across Europe with clearer mandates and expanded roles. Discover the full details and what comes next in this crucial development for child online safety across the EU in the full article on the INHOPE website.

Please note, this item relates to wider INHOPE work, not linked to the BIK Phase 6 project. It is provided here for information purposes only. 

How do we stay ahead of digital crime networks? The trust and safety community has been witnessing a concerning new trend: the digital crimes threatening children don't exist in isolation. Criminal networks are increasingly interconnected, sharing tactics, infrastructures, and systematically targeting vulnerable young people using shared exploitation strategies.

The INHOPE 2025 Summit -  Connected Crime, Collective Action! – will take place on 14-15 October 2025 at Google's office in Washington DC to map these connections and develop practical disruption strategies. Learn more about the event and register here.

• Over 7,400 children and 600 parents and teachers join the netSMARTkids Albania national campaign on safer internet in schools (SIC AL)
• BEE SECURE Radar 2025: report on the use of information and communication technologies by young people in Luxembourg (SIC LU)

Access the full BIK news article archive here.

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

Reports from online meetings for awareness centres and helplines are now available in the BIK community.

Need help with the BIK platform?
Please refer to the BIK platform user guides for support with regular tasks (such as resource and helpline case study uploads).

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, and we will schedule a call at a mutually convenient time.

Please note the updated URLs for the new BIK platform:

• 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; #SIF2024; #SIF2025; #SaferInternetForum
• 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; #Pledge2Youth
• Safer Internet Day (SID):
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/saferinternetday; #SaferInternetDay; #SID2025; #SID2026
• Media literacy campaign:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/media-smart-online; #MediaSmartOnline
• Child and youth consumer protection campaign:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/adwiseonline; #AdWiseOnline
• 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