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Better Internet for Kids

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Sextoooh

Sextoooh is a pedagogical tool focusing on the issue of sexting and gender stereotypes. These stereotypes are  about how girls and boys (and everyone else) are differently judged when they are involved in sexting situations and how they deal with it.

Sextoooh encourages young people to become aware of the dynamics they are involved in during sexting situations, but also of the influence of their choices on them. However, there is more to it than that! Sextoooh encourages and promotes debate, raises awareness of each other's opinions, and highlights gender stereotypes.

What do we do after AI takes over?

Disclaimer: The header image and this article were created with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). The author prompted the discussion with an AI tool and wrote the responses in a dialogue style in this article. 

Building a safer online world

The annual meeting of the advisory board of the Greek Safer Internet Centre, operating under the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH), was successfully held on Wednesday, 11 December 2024. This year's central theme, "Digital Services Act (DSA) – Building a safer and fairer online world," highlighted the urgent need for coordinated action in light of the new European Regulation's implementation.

Hello ICT, it’s children calling!

Childhood and adolescence today take place increasingly in digital environments. If digital platforms are everyday growth environments for children and young people, how can the digital sector make them as meaningful and safe as possible? There is a growing demand for technological solutions that prioritise children’s safety and well-being.

Seniors Days Online – annual ICT awareness raising campaign in Lithuania

National digital skills development project 'Connected Lithuania: improving digital skills' launched with the Seniors Days Online campaign thematic events aimed at older adults. The events, organised from 18 to 22 November, aimed to highlight the benefits of public e-services and showcase how they can make our daily lives easier. The safety of e-services use was also discussed.

200 sign ups for a workshop on online safety in Belgium

On Thursday 10 October, Child Focus, partners and elementary school across Belgium joined forces to conduct 200 Internet Safe & Fun workshops. Employees of a dozen companies cleared their schedules to teach 5th and 6th grade students some basic reflexes about online safety and in particular about privacy, cyberbullying, sexting and online friendships. Child Focus has seen the number of reports of problems linked to online safety rise in recent years. Thanks to the Internet Safe & Fun programme, hundreds of schools are receiving support for their students' media literacy.

Child Focus tool on discussing sexting with disabled young people

Child Focus and Sensoa have developed a new prevention tool: “No shame, no blame”. This pedagogical tool invites educational professionals and counsellors to discuss sexting with young people (with disabilities), from the age of 12 onwards. This workbook offers a lot of information and forms of work that are differentiable in terms of difficulty and group composition.