Meet Safer Internet Day supporters
Many industry partners, institutions and other organisations support Safer Internet Day with awareness-raising events and activities, or resource launches, to help make the internet a safer and better place.
Latest news
Betternet Lab: the online lives of LGBTIQ youth
* LGBTIQ people are people who are attracted to others of their own gender (lesbian, gay) or any gender (bisexual); whose gender identity and/or expression does not correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth (trans, non-binary); who are born with sex characteristics that do not fit the typical definition of male or female (intersex); and whose identity does not fit into a binary classification of sexuality and/or gender (queer).
“Your safe place”: a platform to support children and adolescents
Right from the beginning, "Your safe space” speaks directly to children, asking: “Did you see something strange, frightening, or bad on your phone, computer, or in a game? Did someone send you something confusing or upsetting?” It then reassures them that they are not alone; SafeLine is there to listen, to help, and to protect them.
Child Focus launches new online platform to empower young people against online sextortion
Sextortion, or sexual extortion, is a form of fraud where fake accounts are used to pressure young people into sending intimate images and extort money. Strikingly, it is mainly boys who fall victim to this crime in Belgium. This year alone, Child Focus has already opened more than 350 sextortion cases, an alarming increase of 130 per cent compared to last year.