Better Internet for Kids

An educational guide for parents that highlights ten risks in the online environment.

The Internet can be
a „good servant but a bad master“.
Read our ten commandments carefully,
and if you don‘t understand something
or have questions, talk to your parents,
or call our helpline.

The Media Council for Children and young people developed a webresource providing parents with information on the three popular platforms Roblox, TikTok and Snap Chat.
The guides include short explainervideos on each platforms and explains what parents should know, if their children wants to use the platforms or are already active users.

Furthermore, it contains a question-generator, providing parents with specific questions to encourage dialogue between child and parent. The questions where developed in collaboration with children.

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.