Better Internet for Kids

Sammanfattning:

I Ecpats rapport om pojkars perspektiv på jämställdhet framkommer oroande attityder när det gäller jämställdhet och makt i samhället. Många pojkar anser att flickor bär ansvaret för sin sexuella utsatthet och de tycker att jämställdhetsarbetet har gått för långt. Dessa åsikter förekommer även bland yngre pojkar.

English summary: 

Polish Safer Internet Centre created a mini-series of podcasts recordings that address children online safety topics, such as: cyberbullying, sexting, harmful content and internet abuse. In the recording took part expert from NASK - national research institution and Empowering Children Foundation. Conversation were led by Polish known radio presenter - Krystian Hanke.

This decision tree provides guidance on what young people should consider when receiving a naked photo of someone. This resource was produced by the Slovenian Awareness Centre Safe.si for celebrating SID 2020.

The Danish hotline also receive images of children who are not illegal but are problematic because they constitute a sexual exploitation of the child. These may include everyday pictures of children being placed in an adult pornographic context, or pictures and films receiving sexual commentary. These images are not protected by law but are a violation of children's right not to be sexually exploited. In this article, we explain the Copine scale, which describes images of children, from the innocent to the most abusive and illegal.

A leaflet with thoughts and suggestions from Greek youth panel on body image and influencers

Short animated video presenting the risk and ways to prevent and react.

The main focus of Safelyonline project is the improvement of online medialiteracy levels among children and young poeple through the extensive media literacy education of their parents. More concretely, in the framework of this project, Gezinsbond and Child Focus (Belgian Safer Internet Centre) have been offering training to parents about the online media their children use daily. With about 150 training sessions every year, we are able to reach 4,500 parents.

Working with people with a mental disability means that you regularly have to do with clients' online vulnerability. This group is more often a victim of online abuse such as cyberbullying, (shame) sexting and grooming. But a life without internet is not an option in this digital world. Digital media offer countless opportunities. Apps, videos and social media provide clients with fun, creativity, social contact and more direction over their own lives. What do you do to empower clients online? And do you know how to make full use of the opportunities?

Elaine Byrnes, Doctoral Researcher-Psychology, NUI Galway explains why teens may get involved in sexting and offers advice on how parents can talk to their teen about image-sharing.

‘SHARED’ is a project about preventing and reducing online sexual harassment among young people by strengthening young people's social-digital skills in being able to interact with intimate images online. As part of the project, the book 'DELT - En bog til unge om digitale sexkrænkelser' (Danish: 'SHARED - A Book for Young People About Online Sexual Harassment) is published. It gives an insight into how online sharing without consent can affect the individual - and an entire youth generation.