Better Internet for Kids

The learning resource "Hooked?" is a game-based learning resource, which aims to increase young people's awareness of their time spent online. The resource has been developed by the Norwegian Media Authority in collaboration with the National Digital Learning Arena (NDLA).

Background: Three out of ten children want to log off more often

What are children and youth exposed to through influencers? In 2022 we asked children and young people between the ages of 9 and 18 about what they do on social media, and which influencers they like to follow. The findings from the survey resulted in a top list of influencers for each gender and age group. On behalf of the Norwegian Media Authority, Retriever investigated what 22 of these influencers communicate to their followers and what young SoMe users are exposed to.

The booklet is a printet guide targeting parents with children between the age of 7 to 12. It provides advice and tips on what parents should focus on when children go online: about being a role model and having good habits, age limits on computergames and social media, apps and “in-app-purchase”, online bullying and data protection and privacy. The booklet is adaptet from a Danish resource written and published by the Media Council for Children and Young People and several of their SIC partners. The guide was revised and updated in 2020.

A teaching programme intended for lower secondary and upper secondary school. The programme contains varied learning activities, and includes four separate videos and a magazine with articles, tasks, dilemmas and quizzes and a poster with tips and advice for identifying deepfakes. By completing the programme, the students practice their media literacy skills.

This guide provides parents of preschool children with the knowledge and advice they need to help their children get a "good start" on their digital media use. The guide is a revised and simplified version of a previous resource. The brochure was launched in connection with SID 2021, and is distributed to all the child health centre's in Norway. The folder will also be published in English and Sami language.

The game is aimed at children in the age of 6 to 9 playing with their parents. In the game the players can take part in seven-year-old Luna or Noah for a week in their lives, exploring together different challenges, joys and dilemmas they may encounter online. Topics that are addressed in the game include screen time, netiquette, passwords, age limits, behavior on social media and privacy - and the web as a fantastic resource, when used correctly.

Leaflet with 5 tips for parents on how to talk about commercial content in Youtube videos.

Saturday January 25th 2020 the Norwegian Safer Internet Centre arranged an all-day workshop for fourteen teenagers at the age of 13 to 15. The purpose of the workshop was to listen and learn from experts, i.e. the youth themselves, to gain deeper insight into their digital lives. This movie documents the day. In addition – based on statements by the participants - three shorter theme films and one compilation film are under development; privacy and sharing of images, advertising and pressure and gaming.

Campaign directed towards parents. Using Safer Internet Day as a kick-off and, the “Social media 1-0-1” – was launched. The campaign – using Facebook as a platform, give parents a 3-step launch to get better knowledge of the four most used social media – and advice on what they should talk to their children about. The campaign leads to a website, as well as and printable fact sheets, with all four sets of insight and tips.

The awareness-raising campaign, #StopChildAbuse, aims to stop and prevent the sexual abuse and exploitation of children on the Internet. This campaign has been developed alongside a group of experts in the framework of the EU project 4NSEEK (Forensic Against Sexual Exploitation of Children). It has various materials for dissemination, such as blog entries, infographics, graphs and videos, as well as a guide aimed primarily at professionals working in child-related fields, and an educational activity to do in classes.