We are pleased to announce that EUN has been awarded the BIK Phase 6 EU Coordination contract, which commenced on 28 April 2025 for a period of 24 months. We look forward to continuing to support the network in the coming years, and will progressively update you on our plans for this phase in the coming weeks and months.

An online information session, titled Accelerating the best use of technologies, will take place on Wednesday, 14 May 2025, from 10:00 - 12:00 CEST*; use this link to join. 

(* Please note that the awareness early warning meeting scheduled for 11:00 CEST on the same day has now been moved to 11:00 CEST on Friday, 16 May 2025 (see below)).

This HaDEA session is being organised in response to the call DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08: Accelerating the best use of technologies, launched under the Digital Europe Work Programme 2025-2027. Participants will have the opportunity to learn all about the calls, the application process, and join Q&A sessions.

The session will cover the following two topics:

• DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-NETWORKSICs: Network of Safer Internet Centres
  The objective of the topic is to continue to support national Safer Internet Centres (SICs), to provide online safety information, educational resources, public awareness tools and counselling and reporting services through dedicated helplines and hotlines for young people, teachers/educators, and parents/carers.
  Budget: € 42 million
• DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS: European Network of Factcheckers
  The objective of the topic is to support the growth of a European Network of Factcheckers, which will deepen the language coverage and operational capacity of fact-checking in Europe.
  Budget: €5 million

The submission of applications for this call opened on Tuesday, 15 April 2025 and will close on Tuesday, 2 September 2025 (17:00:00 CEST).

The latest helpline quarterly report is now available to download from the BIK community (login first). An infographic will also be made available shortly. Thanks to everyone for uploading your data; we hope that the report is useful. If you need any further information, please contact Karl.

Please note that the date of this meeting has changed.

An online meeting with Meta will take place this week, Thursday, 8 May 2025 at 11:00 CEST. It will provide an opportunity to hear about some of the latest tools for privacy and security which have been launched, as well as a chance for questions and discussion. Use this link to join the meeting. If you need any further information, please contact Karl.

Many thanks to everyone who attended the helpline early warning meeting last week. You can find the report from the meeting along with a link to the recording in the BIK community (login first).

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 18 June at 11:00 CEST. Please contact Karl for any further information. 

Please note that the date of this meeting has been changed due to a clash with the HaDEA session, Accelerating the best use of technologies (see above).

The next early warning meeting for awareness centres will now take place on Friday, 16 May 2025 at 11:00 CEST; use this link to join the meeting. All colleagues are welcome regardless of whether you have anything to share. For any further information, please contact Karl.

There will be an online meeting with Apple on Tuesday, 3 June 2025 at 16:30 CEST. This will be an opportunity to hear some updates from the Apple team about trust and safety issues. Use this link to join the meeting. For any further information, please contact Karl.

Please note, this item relates to wider INHOPE work not linked with the BIK Phase 5 project, and is provided here for information purposes only

The full schedule for INHOPE’s Expert Insights 2025 series is now available. This webinar series, supported by INHOPE’s long-time partner Resolver Trust & Safety, runs from April to July with four expert-led sessions for professionals tackling online child protection. The two first webinars have already taken place, but two more are coming up:

• Wednesday, 21 May 2025 – this session will discuss how platforms can strengthen their intelligence and risk detection strategies, with insights from Roblox.
• Tuesday, 8 July 2025 – this session will explore the role of financial intelligence in detecting, investigating, and preventing child exploitation, featuring experts from CashApp.

If you work in trust and safety, policy, law enforcement, or child protection, you won’t want to miss this series.

Save these dates and register for the upcoming webinar on the INHOPE website.

The World Anti-Bullying Forum will take place in Stavanger, Norway, from 11-13 June 2025. The full programme will be shared very soon, and there are already around 800 registered participants. Find more information on the WABF website.

Articles
Access the BIK news article archive here.

Please contact the BIK content mailbox with any article submissions or in case of any queries.

Recently uploaded:

• Helpline quarterly report (Q1, 2025)

Various reports from online meetings for awareness centres and helplines are now available in the BIK community (login first).

Need help with the BIK platform?
We are happy to schedule short online support calls at any time. Please use the contact form on the BIK platform or contact the BIK support mailbox in the first instance, and we will schedule a call at a mutually convenient time.

• YouTube contact for removal of problematic content being used to harass minors (posted by SIC HR)

Please note the updated URLs for the new BIK platform:

• Better Internet for Kids (BIK):
  better-internet-for-kids. europa.eu; #BIK; #BIKbulletin
• BIK strategy (BIK+):
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/bik/bik-plus-strategy; #BIKplus
• Safer Internet Forum (SIF):
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/sif; #SIF2024, #SaferInternetForum
• BIK Knowledge hub:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/knowledge-hub; #BIKPolicyMap
• BIK Youth:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/bik-youth; #BIKyouth; #Pledge2Youth
• Safer Internet Day (SID):
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/saferinternetday; #SaferInternetDay; #SID2025; #SID2026
• Media literacy campaign:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/media-smart-online; #MediaSmartOnline
• Child and youth consumer protection campaign:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/adwiseonline; #AdWiseOnline
• Project Facebook profiles:
  Insafe, Safer Internet Day, Insafe network closed Facebook group, INHOPE
• Project X (formerly Twitter) profiles:
  @insafenetwork; @safeinternetday; @BIK_youth; @inhope_pr
• Project LinkedIn profile:
  Better Internet for Kids

An online information session, titled Accelerating the best use of technologies, will take place on Wednesday, 14 May 2025, from 10:00 - 12:00 CEST*; use this link to join. 

(* Please note that the awareness early warning meeting scheduled for 11:00 CEST on the same day has now been moved to 11:00 CEST on Friday, 16 May 2025 (see below)).

This HaDEA session is being organised in response to the call DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08: Accelerating the best use of technologies, launched under the Digital Europe Work Programme 2025-2027. Participants will have the opportunity to learn all about the calls, the application process, and join Q&A sessions.

The session will cover the following two topics:

• DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-NETWORKSICs: Network of Safer Internet Centres
  The objective of the topic is to continue to support national Safer Internet Centres (SICs), to provide online safety information, educational resources, public awareness tools and counselling and reporting services through dedicated helplines and hotlines for young people, teachers/educators, and parents/carers.
  Budget: € 42 million
• DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS: European Network of Factcheckers
  The objective of the topic is to support the growth of a European Network of Factcheckers, which will deepen the language coverage and operational capacity of fact-checking in Europe.
  Budget: €5 million

The submission of applications for this call opened on Tuesday, 15 April 2025 and will close on Tuesday, 2 September 2025 (17:00:00 CEST).

The latest helpline quarterly report is now available to download from the BIK community (login first). An infographic will also be made available shortly. Thanks to everyone for uploading your data; we hope that the report is useful. If you need any further information, please contact Karl.

The next early warning meeting for helplines will take place this Friday, 2 May 2025 at 11:00 CEST; join the meeting using this link. For further information on any aspect of the helpline early warning meetings, please contact Karl.

Please note that the date of this meeting has changed.

An online meeting with Meta will take place on Thursday, 8 May 2025 at 11:00 CEST. It will provide an opportunity to hear about some of the latest tools for privacy and security which have been launched, as well as a chance for questions and discussion. Use this link to join the meeting. If you need any further information, please contact Karl.

Please note that the date of this meeting has been changed due to a clash with the HaDEA session, Accelerating the best use of technologies (see above).

The next early warning meeting for awareness centres will now take place on Friday, 16 May 2025 at 11:00 CEST; use this link to join the meeting. All colleagues are welcome regardless of whether you have anything to share. For any further information, please contact Karl.

There will be an online meeting with Apple on Tuesday, 3 June 2025 at 16:30 CEST. This will be an opportunity to hear some updates from the Apple team about trust and safety issues. Use this link to join the meeting. For any further information, please contact Karl.

Please note, this item relates to wider INHOPE work not linked with the BIK Phase 5 project, and is provided here for information purposes only

The full schedule for INHOPE’s Expert Insights 2025 series is now available. This webinar series, supported by INHOPE’s long-time partner Resolver Trust & Safety, runs from April to July with four expert-led sessions for professionals tackling online child protection. The first webinar has already taken place, but three more are coming up:

• Wednesday, 30 April 2025 – this session will explore what it takes to scale proactive child safety protections, moving beyond content moderation with insights from Pinterest. Register here.
• Wednesday, 21 May 2025 – this session will discuss how platforms can strengthen their intelligence and risk detection strategies, with insights from Roblox.
• Tuesday, 8 July 2025 – this session will explore the role of financial intelligence in detecting, investigating, and preventing child exploitation, featuring experts from CashApp.

If you work in trust and safety, policy, law enforcement, or child protection, you won’t want to miss this series.

Save these dates and register for the upcoming webinar on the INHOPE website.

The World Anti-Bullying Forum will take place in Stavanger, Norway, from 11-13 June 2025. The full programme will be shared very soon, and there are already around 800 registered participants. Find more information on the WABF website.

Articles
Access the BIK news article archive here.

Please contact the BIK content mailbox with any article submissions or in case of any queries.

Recently uploaded:

• Helpline quarterly report (Q1, 2025)

Various reports from online meetings for awareness centres and helplines are now available in the BIK community (login first).

Need help with the BIK platform?
We are happy to schedule short online support calls at any time. Please use the contact form on the BIK platform or contact the BIK support mailbox in the first instance, and we will schedule a call at a mutually convenient time.

Please note the updated URLs for the new BIK platform:

• Better Internet for Kids (BIK):
  better-internet-for-kids. europa.eu; #BIK; #BIKbulletin
• BIK strategy (BIK+):
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/bik/bik-plus-strategy; #BIKplus
• Safer Internet Forum (SIF):
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/sif; #SIF2024, #SaferInternetForum
• BIK Knowledge hub:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/knowledge-hub; #BIKPolicyMap
• BIK Youth:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/bik-youth; #BIKyouth; #Pledge2Youth
• Safer Internet Day (SID):
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/saferinternetday; #SaferInternetDay; #SID2025; #SID2026
• Media literacy campaign:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/media-smart-online; #MediaSmartOnline
• Child and youth consumer protection campaign:
  better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/adwiseonline; #AdWiseOnline
• Project Facebook profiles:
  Insafe, Safer Internet Day, Insafe network closed Facebook group, INHOPE
• Project X (formerly Twitter) profiles:
  @insafenetwork; @safeinternetday; @BIK_youth; @inhope_pr
• Project LinkedIn profile:
  Better Internet for Kids