Better Internet for Kids

The Austrian awareness center Saferinternet.at inquires each year: Which social networks do young people in Austria use? Which platforms are trending, which get less important? The results are published with the Youth Internet Monitor (www.jugendinternetmonitor.at). The survey was conducted in December 2023. 400 young people between 11 and 17 years old were asked. The survey was published in March 2024 and is representative of the younger generation of Austria.

In porn, young people are confronted with many images and sex practices without them being categorized. Porn is also often one-sided and clichéd when it comes to body ideals. Adults are fully aware that porn is mostly staged films with cast actors. For young people, however, the images can create enormous pressure and give them the feeling of being "wrong".

The klicksafe quiz on porn myths helps young people aged 14 and older to get to the bottom of unrealistic pornographic content. Nine questions are used to playfully debunk porn myths and explain them in an understandable way.

Do I have to do it this way? How do I get rid of the pictures? Can I share the picture? Am I ready yet?

Young people have many questions and uncertainties about pornography and their own sexuality. With our info cards, they can get help with disturbing content, learn to recognize their own boundaries, reflect on porn myths and get to know good offers on the subject of sex education. Use the cards to get into conversation with young people or simply display them.

Läppä lentää / Just kidding” in an interactive mobile learning game aimed for children and young people aged 10-17.

The main goal of the campaign and posters is to promote public awareness about child safety on the internet, with a particular focus on emotional violence in the online environment - cyberbullying. The messages conveyed in the posters encourage children, teenagers, and parents to call the Helpline and seek help if they encounter online violence. The campaign posters were distributed across social media platforms to raise public awareness about the online violence faced by children.

In porn, children and young people are confronted with many images and sex practices without being categorized. Porn is also often one-sided and clichéd when it comes to body ideals. Adults are fully aware that porn is mostly staged films with cast actors. For young people, on the other hand, the images can create enormous pressure and give them the feeling of being "wrong".

The klicksafe quiz "Sex, Diversity and Porn" asks questions about sexuality, puberty and pornography. For young people aged 14 and older.

Discover Point de Contact's new awareness campaign : "Online, all responsible"
Fighting hate: we all have a responsibility online : what is not acceptable offline is not acceptable online. "One hateful click will always be one too many".

In December, at the end of International Human Rights Day, on the eve of International Human Solidarity Day, and more than ever: Point de Contact reaffirms its commitment to the fight against online hate, and to encouraging good citizenship online.

The reporting platform Point de Contact has published its 2022 annual report on the volume of reports received and processed as well as on the trends observed in cybercrime. This report is also an opportunity to highlight the work carried out throughout the year 2022 : activities, projects and awareness-raising.
Here are some key figures: 36 169 received in 2022, 8 806 URLs qualified as sexual exploitation of minors and 9 470 URLs were forwarded to law enforcement authorities.

“Jeunes connectés : bien informés,mieux protégés !” (Young people online: well informed, better protected!) - on 2023, alongside its local partners Génération Numérique and L'Ecole Marianne, Point de Contact launched a series of seven videos about illegal content and online risks. It adresses 6 main topics : online hate, child prostitution, cyber-bullying, shoking and extreme contents, fake news, and pornography.

On October 18th, 2023, Point de Contact published the 3rd edition of the White Paper relating to the processing of reports of illicit content and the protection of professionals in the Trust & Safety sector.