Better Internet for Kids

For young people we have created a quiz with 9 questions about online challenges. Each question is followed by a detailed explanation of the correct answer. The main goal of this quiz is to motivate young people to think critically about the online challenges they encounter online and to assess whether it is safe to perform the online challenge. It is shared through the Safe.si website and through social media such as Facebook and Instagram. We have also included this resource in the SID 2022 online package for schools.

We have created a quiz on responsible use of social networks with 10 questions. Each question is also followed by a detailed explanation of the correct answer. With this quiz we want to motivate young people to use social networks more responsibly. It is distributed through the Safe.si website and through social networks such as Facebook and Instagram. We have also included this resource in the SID 2022 online package for schools.

Online friendship or abuse? Innocent questions or attempted grooming?
A self-help test at sos.drossinternets.lv helps to recognize grooming on the internet. Children and young people, as well as parents and educators are invited to fill out the self-help test developed by experts from the Latvian Safer Internet Centre, the State Police and State Inspectorate for the Protection of Children's rights to test how safe the online friendship is, to learn how to recognize grooming cases and where to seek for a help.

Tool available in English at en.sos.drossinternets.lv

A resource (leaflet) addressed to parents, carers, and educators in order to advise them on how to talk to children about war and all the information they encounter about it online.

A toolkit that aims to develop students' critical thinking and help them to be able to distinguish truth from falsehood on the internet.

'The First Digital Steps' is a resource on media literacy for children aged 0-6. It contains videos, different materials and guides for daycare and kindergarten professionals, children, parents and carers, and health visitors.

Internet and social media are a spheres where teenagers' every day life takes place and they show young people concrete beauty standards. Expousure for this kind of imagery can lead to negative beliefs about self-image, can cause discontent and dispondency. In response to this phenomenon we prepared "Body do not define" campaign which aims to prevent harmful beauty standards impact on children and young people and support their body neutrality attitude.

Campaing aims to point out a problem of producing intimate images and movie clips by under-age people who intentionally engage in erotic and sexual activities and present this materials online.

LGBT+ community people are insulted, derided, abused - this it their every-day reality. Hate speech and violence against them only, because LGBT+ community is present in mainstream media, internet, school etc. That's why "LGBT+me" campaign aims to promote behaviour that creates allies atmosphere around sexual minoriets. Campaing shows young people that their enagement and tolerance has great impact.

Polish Safer Internet Centre created a mini-series of podcasts recordings that address children online safety. In the recording took part expert from NASK - national research institution and Empowering Children Foundation.