For Safer Internet Day 2025, Safer Internet Centre Denmark (SIC DK) chose to put a focus on the rights of children and young people in digital spaces, especially in light of the Digital Services Act (DSA). The main event this year was a conference held in Copenhagen on 26 February 2025. The conference was intended for professionals working with digital rights. 

The programme of the conference consisted of presentations with the intention of shedding light on digital rights from several perspectives, amongst the presentations were: 1) introduction to Digital Services Act from a children’s rights lawyer from Save the Children Denmark, 2) Presentations from the awareness centre, hotline and helpline regarding digital rights and a new report, 3) An introduction to the Finnish project GDPR4CHLRN, which is a project made to inform children and young people on data protection, 4) and finally a panel debate regarding digital rights of children and young people on larger gaming platforms. Since the conference was dedicated to presentations from professionals, there was also a desire to include the voices of the group it is all about – children and young people.

For the conference, SIC DK produced four videos. The videos consist of conversations between children and young people regarding four subjects: ‘Digital bullying and well-being’, ‘Digital safety’, ‘Digital rights’, and ‘Disturbing content’. The participants in the video consisted of 3rd, 6th, and 7th graders from two different schools, as well as a member of a local youth council. The children in the videos created the questions themselves while discussing the four overall themes.

After the conference, participants received a survey to evaluate the event. Feedback was received from around half of the participants. The responses were primarily positive (98% rated the conference either ‘good’ or ‘very good’), with many indicating that they would participate in a similar event in the future.