Better Internet for Kids

APAV (Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima) has redesigned its website on cybercrime, with various definitions of crimes that occur in the digital space, various prevention and security strategies and an observatory where we can post alerts on new trends. 

The website is available in the following languages: Portuguese, English, French, Albanian and Italian.

Media Literacy Week 2024 focuses on healthy screen use. Completely avoiding digital screens is challenging and unnecessary. Making conscious choices about screen use can already make a big difference.

The Digital Balance Model

Portuguese version with IPDJ seal, from the Council of Europe edition, Alternatives manual is a tool against hate. This manual aims to help young people and educators to confront, dismantle and replace hateful narratives.

Hate speech encompasses all forms of expression that propagate, incite, promote or justify racial hatred, xenophobia, homophobia, antisemitism and other forms of hatred based on intolerance. This video was produced by IPDJ as part of its activities, as a pedagogical resource to raise awareness among young people, youth associations, educators and youth workers.

The dark side of social media

In the podcast series 'Sextortion', journalist Max Boogaard explores the dark side of social media through four episodes. Experts and victims are explaining about sextortion and Max is discussing true crime cases to understand the criminal pattern. 

Sextoooh is a pedagogical tool focusing on the issue of sexting and gender stereotypes. These stereotypes are about how girls and boys (and everyone else) are differently judged when they are involved in sexting situations and how they deal with it.

Sextoooh encourages young people to become aware of the dynamics they are involved in during sexting situations, but also of the influence of their choices on them. However, there is more to it than that! Sextoooh encourages and promotes debate, raises awareness of each other's opinions, and highlights gender stereotypes.

This is a video vox pop questionnaire featuring Maltese students answering the question: How many social media platforms do you use daily?

Created specifically for Maltese students, the video is in Maltese with English subtitles, ensuring accessibility for a wider audience. Using a peer-to-peer format, it captures authentic, relatable perspectives from students, making the content engaging and thought-provoking. This format encourages viewers to connect with the experiences of their peers and reflect on their own social media habits.

This is a video vox pop questionnaire featuring Maltese students answering the question: How and why do you use social media?

This video, created for Maltese students, is presented in Maltese with English subtitles, ensuring it reaches a broad audience. Using a peer-to-peer format, the video captures authentic and relatable perspectives, allowing students to hear directly from their peers about their social media habits and motivations. This approach makes the content engaging while encouraging self-reflection and critical thinking.

Offensive and degrading comments. What to do? Dovilė’s number one piece of advice is to try to create an environment that is comfortable, pleasant, friendly, and empathetic towards you.
The second thing is to take control of yourself and say aloud to yourself – that those comments, which hurt or offend in one way or another, are simply bullying. Those people who insult others, completely undeserving people, are pouring out their inner pain in this way.

Dovilė is interviewed by members of the Children’s Line Advisory Team, Rusnė and Goda.

Why do children and young people follow influencers online and how can this affect them? Influencers have become an important part of children’s lives and in this podcast episode a researcher from The Swedish Agency for the Media shares new knowledge from an interview study with children and young people regarding influencers. The important role for parents to guide their children around influencers, and how this can be done, is also covered in this episode. The podcast series is called “Our children and the internet” and is produced by the Swedish Internet Foundation.