This report describes the media education provided to young people by The Mannerheim League For Child Welfare in 2023, youth participation and their activities in digital environments. The main channels of MLL media education for young people are YouthNet (Nuortennetti.fi) and the social media sites of YouthNet, lessons given in schools, workshops and media surveys. We met 7 113 children and young people in our media education lessons. We discussed topics such as online bullying, balanced media use, gaming, digital friendship skills and respectful encounters.

In 2023, 31 young people took an active part in creating YouthNet content with us. Young volunteers designed and submitted more than 200 media contributions to YouthNet (Nuortennetti.fi) and YouthNet’s social media channels during the year. They also talked on the discussion forum and moderated messages posted on the forum. Young people took part in producing a podcast series, and they travelled with us to Brussels for the EU’s Safer Internet Forum.