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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.
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How can online gaming be a safer environment for everyone?
To understand gamers needs better, Helpwanted did a study on this specific target group. This work focuses on online toxicity in the gaming community, where gamers engage in various forms of transgressive behaviour, such as verbal harassment, discrimination and cheating – with the aim of hampering other gamers’ play or causing harm in multiplayer games.
Navigating your child's contact with strangers online
The internet and social media are ideal for communicating with others. Young people talk online mostly with persons they also know offline. Of course, you can also meet new people online through games, for example. It is important to note that not all strangers pose a risk to your child.
How can you help children to recognise fake news?
Anyone can express themselves and give their opinion on subjects or facts on the internet. However, there is a huge amount of information online and not all of it is reliable. The most important thing for young people is to learn to be critical and to think twice. Children often assume that everything on the internet is true, so they have to be taught to check their sources.So how do you check if the information online is correct and true?