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  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 27 February 2026

Translating the EU Action plan against cyberbullying into practice

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.
  • Resource
  • Luxembourgish Safer Internet Centre
  • 19 May 2026

Training: TikTok, Instagram & co. - understanding the media world of young people

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.

  • Article
  • Dutch Safer Internet Centre
  • 31 March 2026

Safer Internet Day 2026 in the Netherlands: harmful but lawful content

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.
  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 28 November 2025

Growing up in a digital world: How age shapes experiences with digital technology

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.
  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 18 December 2025

Raising the bar for online safety: how the Australian social media delay aims to protect children, and what the world can learn from the Australian online safety framework

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.
  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 30 January 2026

Cyberbullying in the EU Member States

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.
  • Guide to app

Google Meet

Google Meet is a video communication service developed by Google.

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  • Resource
  • Spanish Safer Internet Centre
  • 17 July 2026

Online workshop SID 2026 “Sure! Here’s a suggestion. What would you do?”

To mark Safer Internet Day 2026, we gave an online workshop “Sure! Here’s a suggestion. What would you do?”, which we created in collaboration with the National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (INTEF), aimed at students aged 11 to 16. 

  • Rule and guideline
  • e-crime, hate speech, NCSII (non-consensual sharing of intimate images), policy and regulation, potentially harmful content

DSA Accompanying Act (DSA-BegG)

The DSA Accompanying Act (DSA-BegG) is the federal law that enacts the Digital Services Act in Austria and amends other national laws. It was discussed and published in 2023 and entered into force in 2024. The DSA-BegG provides new procedures against illegal content (particularly harmful content for children) and supporting clauses for victims of online hate speech. 
(Source: BIK Policy Monitor 2024)

Entities responsible for implementation:
Federal Chancellery Republic of Austria/Bundeskanzleramt Österreich

  • Austria

  • Implemented 2024 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection

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