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Training: TikTok, Instagram & co. - understanding the media world of young people
  • Resource
  • Luxembourgish Safer Internet Centre
  • 19 May 2026

Understanding the media world of children and young people.

The focus of this training for teachers, educators and other professionals is on current media trends, popular platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, as well as online games and gaming consoles.

The training shows how young people use digital media, what needs lie behind these uses, and what role artificial intelligence, algorithms, and personalised content play. Possible online risks and the impact of influencers are also addressed and discussed together.

Safer Internet Day celebrations in the Netherlands
  • Article
  • Dutch Safer Internet Centre
  • 31 March 2026

SID celebrations in the Netherlands focused on the theme “Harmful but lawful content”, as the Dutch Safer Internet Centre increasingly sees how content and behaviour that sit in the grey area, not necessarily illegal, but harmful, go unaddressed, despite posing real risks to children and young people.
 EU Action plan against cyberbullying
  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 27 February 2026

This article explores what the EU Action plan against cyberbullying could mean in practice. It examines how existing national measures might evolve in response to the action plan’s priorities and highlights key considerations that may shape implementation in the years ahead.
A distressed child surrounded by negative feelings and messages
  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 30 January 2026

Children and young people increasingly rely on digital technologies for learning, socialising, and everyday activities. An estimated 1 in 3 internet users is a child, which means that young people are spending a lot of their time online browsing social media, playing online games, or generally using apps, possibly without adult supervision. While the internet offers intrinsic benefits and opportunities for growth and creativity, it also increases exposure to online risks.
Workshop “Think, Connect, and Choose Your Path Online”
  • Resource
  • Spanish Safer Internet Centre
  • 29 January 2026

To mark Safer Internet Day (SID) 2025, INCIBE (part of the Spanish Safer Internet Centre), through Internet Segura for Kids (IS4K), organised a hybrid event (online and in-person) from Valencia. The event featured the workshop “Think, Connect, and Choose Your Path Online”, developed in collaboration with INTEF. 

Social media post hovering over Australia's map
  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 18 December 2025

At the recent Safer Internet Forum, Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, delivered a keynote titled “Why age matters?”. This article, based on that keynote, provides a comprehensive overview of the Australian online safety framework, including the recently adopted social media delay for children under the age of 16.
Data and parental control graphics
  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 28 November 2025

Understanding why, and more so, how age matters requires solid evidence about how children at different developmental stages experience the online world. However, the current evidence base remains uneven. Even so, some European countries conduct comprehensive national studies that examine distinct age cohorts. Findings indicate that children’s digital experiences—and their needs—shift significantly as they mature, underlining the importance of age-specific approaches.
Four people, from child to adult, in a evolution-like pose
  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 31 October 2025

A seven-year-old playing their first online game and a seventeen-year-old campaigning for climate action share the same internet — yet their needs, capacities and vulnerability to risks could not be more different. Still, they are treated the same on many online platforms. The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) is changing that, requiring online platform providers to consider children's protection in the design and governance of their platforms. Understanding why age matters means aligning digital environments with how children grow — cognitively, emotionally, socially, and legally.
Cartoon boy smiling with open arms. Text says: “You can talk to me! Whatever it is, we are here for you.”
  • Resource
  • Greek Safer Internet Centre
  • 16 October 2025

The Greek Safer Internet Centre has launched "Your Safe Place", an innovative online platform designed especially for children and teenagers. Its mission is to strengthen safety, confidence, and responsible internet use by offering a friendly space where young people can find support, guidance, and a voice.

The platform stands out thanks to its simple design, easy-to-understand language, interactive tools, and visual content. It helps children and teenagers to:

Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • Rule and guideline
  • policy and regulation, media literacy education, digital and socia-cultural environment

The "Guidelines – Age Classification of Audiovisual Programmes" by Medietilsynet (Norwegian Media Authority) outline the process for classifying audiovisual programmes to protect minors from harmful content. Mandated by the Audiovisual Programme Act, all programmes made available to the general public, with specific exemptions, require an age limit. The assessment considers a programme's assumed impact on various age groups, evaluating its expression (e.g., mood, characters) and content (e.g., violence, sexuality, difficult themes).

  • Norway

  • Implemented 2023 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
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