Creating a safer connected world: Parents and carers

Cyberbullying: what can you do?

Belgian Safer Internet Centre

Bullying and cyberbullying often come hand in hand. School bullying is easily repeated online and goes on at home. Dealing with cyberbullying is part of a global approach in the fight against school bullying. It is important to establish an open conversation about the phenomenon, with children and parents. To help in doing so, the Belgian Safer Internet Centre is sharing some tips below.

Online challenges on social media

Belgian Safer Internet Centre

New challenges occur regularly online, especially following social media trends. Their popularity among children is variable. Prevention comes through a frank and straightforward dialogue with children and youth, even among those who seem not to be interested. Challenges often unfold privately, in a teenager’s bedroom for example, away from adults.

GPS: a prevention tool for victims of teenage perpetrators of human trafficking

Belgian Safer Internet Centre

Child Focus launched Girl Power Squad (GPS), a unique educational tool aimed at professionals in the youth welfare services working with vulnerable girls around the issue of teenage perpetrators of human trafficking. This tool is aimed at young girls aged 11 and older.

Safer Internet Day 2021 in Belgium: act together for a better internet

Belgian Safer Internet Centre

Safer Internet Day, the worldwide day for a better internet, was back for its 18th edition. Turning the internet into a fun, fulfilling and safe space is more than ever a priority during this public health crisis, where children massively use screens for social contacts. An intergenerational dialogue is even more essential, as more than 60 per cent of children use the internet for more than four hours a day in Belgium. How can we facilitate this dialogue and promote a responsible and creative use of social media?

#MeToo movement in Greece inspires youth panel to influence their peers to #Speak

Greek Safer Internet Centre

Following the emergence and the successful spread of the #MeToo movement in Greece, the Greek Youth Panel was inspired to create a similar campaign targeted to Greek adults, children and youth. The #Speak (#Mila) campaign’s purpose is to raise awareness on sexual harassment and cyberbullying, and to encourage both victims and witnesses to speak up and break the silence on those issues.

CyberSquad: Never alone, together and stronger online!

Belgian Safer Internet Centre

CyberSquad is a citizen movement that marks the beginning of an era showing solidarity and positivity for children and youth online. With the support of MolenGeek, Google and Test Achats, Belgian Safer Internet Centre Child Focus launched the web platform CyberSquad, aimed at and elaborated with teenagers. The goal is to offer a space to share and exchange, where they can find answers and some help related to their online concerns.