The Safer Internet Day, an annual event promoting responsible and secure digital use, was launched in France on 11 February 2025, under the slogan: “AI and us, what future together?”
For its 22nd edition, the French Safer Internet Centre has chosen to highlight the challenges of digital citizenship in the age of artificial intelligence, in line with the Council of Europe's 2025 theme and the AI Action Summit, held in France at the same time.
World Consumer Rights Day was designated on 15 March by the consumer movement, to raise global awareness about consumer rights and needs. Celebrating the day is a chance to demand that the rights of all consumers are respected and protected, and to protest against market abuses and social injustices which under
In Finland, safer internet day is celebrated as media literacy week (mediataitoviikko) – a theme week consisting of media education materials, a media literacy magazine with articles from dozens of experts, events, and campaigns highlighting media literacy and education. The week is coordinated by the national audiovisual institute KAVI, with other SIC partners, save the children Finland and the Mannerheim league for child welfare (MLL), participating with materials, events, and communication support.
This year, the Safer Internet Day (SID) campaign in Estonia focused on developing children’s digital and media literacy skills. Together with partners, the Estonian Safer Internet Centre compiled thematic awareness-raising materials and carried out several thematic awareness-raising events for teachers, parents, and children, both online and offline.
The main event this year was a conference held in Copenhagen on 26 February, called "Conference about the rights of children and young people in digital spaces". The conference was intended for professionals working with digital rights.
The programme of the conference mostly consisted of presentations with the aim of shedding light on digital rights from several perspectives. The talks included:
Why is it important to pay attention to our digital footprint? This topic was the main topic of this year's Safer Internet Day (SID)in the Czech Republic. SID is celebrated every year around the world, drawing attention to the importance of online security. This year it fell on 11 February, and in the Czech Republic, a day-long programme was held on 10 February in cooperation with CZ.NIC and the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, as well as other institutions and organisations.
On Tuesday, 11 February 2025, Cyprus joined the global movement for a safer digital world by celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID) under the theme “Together for a better internet.” Organised by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute of the Ministry of Education, Sports, and Youth, in collaboration with CyberSafety partners, the event engaged students, educators, and parents from across the country. Through dynamic presentations, interactive workshops, and creative competitions, SID 2025 successfully promoted digital literacy, online safety, and responsible digital citizenship.
At a time when child online safety has become an increasingly complex challenge, iSIGURT.al and ALO 116 111 have built a broad institutional cooperation model to address digital risks. This model has proven to be highly effective in identifying and shutting down harmful websites, as well as tracking individuals responsible for inciting online violence. The collaboration with the State Police and the Cybercrime Unit of the Local Police Directorate in every district of Albania has demonstrated that an integrated and coordinated approach is key to protecting children in the digital space.
Child Focus launched an awareness campaign as part of Safer Internet Day to draw attention to a growing phenomenon: deep nudes. These are realistic but partially or completely faked nude images or videos of a person, created by artificial intelligence (AI). 12.8 per cent of Belgian youth are familiar with deep nude apps, and 60.5 per cent of them have already tried to make a deep nude themselves (1). Deepnude technology makes it possible to digitally undress people without their knowledge. Clothing removed from the body becomes unbearable for the victim.
In this podcast, we will talk with our guest, Petr Macháček, a cybersecurity consultant at Lundegaard, about making quick money online.
