Better Internet for Kids

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.

The fourth edition of the MOOC Cyberinformed Citizen Course course aims to combat hate speech, which promotes the easy, rapid and virtually uncontrollable spread of disinformation and poses a threat to democratic societies. The module begins with a definition of hate speech and provides examples of some of the rhetorical and discursive strategies used by those who engage in this type of speech.

Romance scams booklet aims to raise awareness about one of the most recent forms of cybercrime - online romance scams - which occurs when someone impersonates another person online, creating an emotional and affective connection, using this personal relationship to deceive the other person and obtain money, personal information or other benefits from the virtual romantic partner.

The Portuguese Safer Internet Centre promoted a 5-step awareness campaign guide. Raising employees' awareness of cyber hygiene is essential for an organisation's resilience to threats in cyberspace. If you are responsible for this in an organisation, this guide will help you set up an employee awareness campaign in just 5 steps in order to strengthen the human factor's ability to protect against cybersecurity incidents.

The fourth episode of the CNCS podcast deals with the topic "How to react to a ransomware attack", in conversation with Júlio César, Coordinator of the CNCS Operations Department and CERT.PT, moderated by Ruth Ferrony, from the CIS | CNCS.
- Is Portugal a country with a lot of ransomware?
- How do you react to a cyber-attack of this nature?
- Is ransomware a type of cyber-attack with a tendency to increase?

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.

The Portuguese Safer Internet Centre's notebook, brings together a range of tips to promote responsible and safe use of the internet. Divided into nine areas, ranging from digital parenting, online risks and behaviours, digital threats and vulnerabilities, illegal content, online rights and privacy, online games, disinformation and truthfulness of content, platforms and applications, and technologies and services related to online communication, this booklet was developed based on the "I want to know" page available on the project website.

The sixth episode of the CNCS podcast focuses on "disinformation". Disinformation is not only a journalistic or media issue, but also a cybersecurity problem, especially as digital media allow disinformation to spread. In conversation with Inês Narciso, researcher at ISCTE-IUL the podcast is hosted by Clara Santos Silva of CNCS.

"ZigZaga on the Net. New Adventures" is the adventure book inspired by the stories from the second season of the "ZigZaga on the Net" podcast.
The "ZigZaga na Net podcast" and its books are a project born from the partnership between the Awareness Centres - Safe Internet Centre (CIS) of the National Center for Cybersecurity (CNCS) and SeguraNet of the General Directorate of Education (DGE) - and Rádio Zig Zag (RTP).
The main characters are the digital leader Benjamin, his friends Lara and Pedro among others and a cyber team of digital friends - INES, PISCA and LUZINHA.

The Internet and technological development make it easier to have social interaction at a distance. Sexting is a word used to describe sending intimate, erotic photographs or videos over the Internet. This is a common practice among adults, but also young people and adolescents, who, most of the time, do not realise the impact and possible negative consequences an intimate photo or video can have in a few minutes.