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.

SICs are invited to attend an online meeting where the European Commission will provide an update on ongoing EU policy developments on age verification to several representatives of civil society, with a particular focus on the state of play of the EU age verification blueprint, which is now ready to be rolled out by Member States as a standalone app or integrated into European Digital Identity Wallets.

The meeting will take place online on Thursday, 21 May 2026, from 14:30 until 16:00 CEST. Further information and details for joining will be shared shortly. For further information, please contact Rima.

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 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.

Many thanks to those who attended the meeting last week. You can find a report from the meeting along with a link to the recording in the BIK community (login first).

The next online meeting for youth coordinators will take place this Thursday, 21 May 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.

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.

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.

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.

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