Better Internet for Kids

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:

On 28 May 2024, a new session of the expert webinars series was held, organised by the National eTwinning Unit INDIRE in collaboration with the Generazioni Connesse project (Safer Internet Centre Italy).

We Are Fearless is an original educational podcast and web series created within the Generazioni Connesse project. Hosted by Alba, a young speaker, and Cleo, an ironic yet insightful AI voice, each episode features a teenager sharing a personal challenge linked to their online life, opening space for reflection and dialogue.

The French hotline Point de Contact makes available to the public the comic strip "Lea plays in a network" (in French: "Léa joue en réseau").

The reporting platform Point de Contact (part of the French Safer Internet Centre) has published its 2023 annual report on the volume of reports received and processed as well as on the trends observed in cybercrime. This report is also an opportunity to highlight the work carried out throughout the year 2023: activities, projects and awareness-raising.

Here are some key figures: 

The reporting platform Point de Contact (part of the French Safer Internet Centre) has published its 2024 annual report on the volume of reports received and processed as well as on the trends observed in cybercrime. This report is also an opportunity to highlight the work carried out throughout the year 2024: activities, projects, developing partnerships, awareness-raising and strengthening its institutional positioning in France and abroad.

Here are some key figures: 

Point de Contact (part of the French Safer Internet Centre) provides the public with this practical guide on child sexual abuse material (CSAM) (in French: "Les contenus d’exploitation sexuelle de mineurs").

Point de Contact (part of the French Safer Internet Centre) provides the public with the practical guide "Grooming".

This resource provides a legal definition of grooming, based on three specific articles of the French Criminal Code that prohibit this practice, the sexual solicitation of a child by an adult. It also informs readers about the various situations that fall under this form of cyberviolence, as well as the methods commonly used by predators.

Although promoting media literacy among young users is the top priority, the use of technical measures on the digital devices of younger children can be helpful. The range of technical child protection measures is vast, and they typically combine various functions to keep inappropriate content away from minors. This usually involves setting usage times, filtering content, and blocking certain applications.

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