Better Internet for Kids

Safer Internet Forum 2026

We invite you to join us for the Safer Internet Forum (SIF) 2026, which will take place in a hybrid format in Brussels and online on Thursday, 3 December 2026.

This year's edition is themed Balancing protection and empowerment online, providing an opportunity to reflect on the newly proposed EU KIDS Act following the recommendations of President von der Leyen’s Special Panel on child safety online.

At a time when global discussions are focused on how to best provide age-appropriate online environments for children and young people, SIF 2026 will consider new and emerging challenges through the lens of protection, empowerment, and respect for children and young people’s voices and rights.

Discussions will examine how to strike a balance between protection and empowerment while highlighting the importance of digital literacy, critical thinking, and positive age-appropriate online experiences aligned with children and young people’s evolving capacities.

As always, young people will be central to the day's discussions.

Registration is now open. As is customary, in-person attendance is by invitation only, while anyone is welcome to join online.

We will share further information about the event on our social channels in due course (Facebook, LinkedIn and X).

Safer Internet Forum 2025

Safer Internet Forum (SIF) 2025 took place in a hybrid format in Brussels and online on Thursday, 4 December 2025, with a title of Why age matters: Protecting and empowering youth in the digital age.

The 2025 Safer Internet Forum discussed how to ensure age-appropriate online experiences through a proportionate and children’s rights-centric approach. The discussion included age assurance methods, as well as other complementary tools, to support parents in making responsible choices, with some focus on video games. The discussions contribute to the priority of the European Commission, as expressed by President von der Leyen, to further strengthen the protection of minors online. As always, SIF brought together a variety of public and private stakeholders, including children and young people, to discuss the current state of play across and beyond the European Union, and look forward to future developments.

As in previous editions, SIF enjoyed a youth-led format: the event was organised with the support of a Youth Advisory Group (YAG), which worked alongside EUN’s BIK Coordination Team and the European Commission to prepare the SIF programme, and the role of children and young people in particular. During the Forum, sessions were animated by the BIK Youth Panel, composed of young people from the national youth panels of European Safer Internet Centres and children from the EU Children’s Participation Platform. Young people expressed their views and shared their positive experiences online, as well as their challenges, when using digital services with stakeholders, including policymakers, industry, civil society, academics, parents and educators.

More than 200 people took part in the 2025 Safer Internet Forum, while more than 600 additionally participated online. Together, participants represented more than 65 countries across the globe.