Podcast: the online world doesn’t just influence kids, it re-shapes them
How many times a day do kids look at a screen? And what if the online world doesn’t just entertain them, but actually changes who they are? In this episode, we dive into the impact of the digital environment on children and teens, from social media algorithms and beauty culture to exposure to sexual content online, and the effects on their self-image, relationships, and boundaries.
This episode will address:
Stronger than hate: Build your network!
This lesson plan focuses on ways of coping with hate through building and strengthening social bonds. Students aged 13–14, working with an animation and the peer-to-peer method, will analyse the importance of peer relationships as a natural protection against hate. The activities will also encourage them to reflect on their own ways of maintaining bonds and their role in everyday life.
National Strategy for Cyberspace Security 2019-2023
This strategy aims to combat cyberviolence, online harm, terrorist activities, and e-crime through preventive, educational, and innovative measures. In relation to children’s rights, the strategy determines activities focused on raising awareness of the safe use of digital technologies and developing online skills.
(Source: CNCS).
Entities responsible for implementation: Superior Council for Cyberspace Security / Conselho Superior de Segurança do Ciberespaço.
SIC Sweden’s national summit “A Better Internet for Kids”
The program of the summit features new knowledge on children’s lives online and information on the support that the organisations behind the Safer Internet Centre Sweden offer. The program includes The Swedish Agency for the Media’s presentation of three new reports where children and young people’s media use and health, relation to influencers and girls with neuropsyciatric disabilities and online behaviour are examined. There is also a presentation of the Digital Services Act, DSA, from a senior expert of the European Commission.
Insafe booth at IGF 2024: Promoting a Better Internet for Kids and SID
Increase in cyberbullying cases registered in schools in Malta
Child Focus launches ‘CyberSquad’ workshop for teachers
What is sexting and how do you talk about it with your child?
Child Focus tool on discussing sexting with disabled young people
