Better Internet for Kids

A team activity to help children identify abusive commercial practices.

School levels: Primary School/Middle School
Age group: 10-14 years old

Goals:
Learn shopping vocabulary
Develop critical young consumers' skills.

Many parents declare being lost about the digital uses of their children. Many educators and activity leaders don't know how to address the issues related to the digital lives of the children they are in charge of. This self-training course is the first step for all adults wishing to support young people in this area.

In 30 minutes you'll discover the keys to helping young people with their digital habits:
- the main principles of digital parenting,
- the effects of screens on health,

This fact sheet provides information on the data that is generated and stored on the Internet and it’s use. It is about the 'Big Data' phenomenon. The fact sheet explains what it is and what laws are in force to protect personal data. You will also find advice on how to be more careful about what happens to your data on the Internet.

This fact sheet gives you an overview of hate speech and provides information to help you identify it and respond appropriately.

The aim of this fact sheet is firstly to explain the term "pornography", give an overview of pornography consumption by children and teenagers and answer the following questions: What motivates consumption? Is it exclusively for sex education or to satisfy a sexual need? What are the risks involved in consuming pornography?
This thematic contribution then offers parents and professionals advice on how to approach the subject with children and teenagers. The basic conditions are always a good foundation of trust and a non-judgemental attitude.

Social network Snapchat has unveiled an artificial intelligence chatbot powered by ChatGPT technology in 2023. The chatbot, My AI, appears in Snapchat's friends list and can be used by any user to have a personalised conversation without restrictions. The leaflet contains information: how does Snapchat My AI works, discusses the defects, what to do when you want to disable Snapchat My AI, THREATS and SAFETY TIPS.

This fact sheet is intended to shed light on multi-level marketing and other temptations to get rich quick. It helps people protect themselves better from abuse, tricks and manipulation and to show them how they can keep better control of their actions and their money.

During our Safer Internet lessons in Lithuanian schools, we noticed that many children under 18 years old, and sometimes under 13 years old, were playing the video game CALL OF DUTY. In this game the player takes the lead role in a variety of spectacular war scenes that creatively interpret real wars or future scenarios by recreating imaginary conflicts. Aggressive content, violent scenarios, graphic realism and realistic violence. Although Call of Duty is only a computer graphics game, some parts of it can be frightening and violent, especially for younger players.

During our Safer Internet lessons in Lithuanian schools, we noticed that many children were playing the video game FIFA, so we decided to create a guide for parents and teachers to help them better understand the rules of the game, the threats and the tools they can use to control it.

Youth participation in the digitalised world is nowadays a topic of high interest in the public sphere. The authors of this publication aim to bring new perspectives and varied visions to the key questions of understanding how young people interact with all the opportunities the digital space has to offer, and how they can use this space for causes relevant not only for themselves, but also for the democratisation of the societies in which they live.