- Make sure that your accounts are private: if you have a private account, you are the one that decides who can follow you or not. Through this, you can make sure that you know the people that are following you.
- Think before you post. You've probably already have heard this a lot, but it's important because, today, everything that goes online stays there forever. The internet doesn't make it easy for you to remove your mistakes.
- Something I learned during a session with the European Youth Panel is that when you downloading apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Skype etc., they get access to more than you realise. They don't just access all the photos on your phone, but also contacts, your camera, a voice recorder and so on. This was something that led me to question if I really should have some of these apps on my phone. I've now deleted the Facebook app from my phone and I only use Facebook through the internet server.
- Online hatred and cyberbullying is something that's hard to get away from, and I believe that it has become a big part in the everyday life of today's teenagers. I don't think we're able to delete online hatred and cyberbullying completely from the internet but, if we all start to act against it, I believe we can reduce it. But how? At the moment I don't know, but I think if I and other people start to apply effort to the question, we can figure it out. Right now I'm making a documentary movie together with three others in my class about online hatred. Through this film I hope to get clarity on how we can reduce online hatred and cyberbullying.
Swedish youth play their part for a better internet
On the occasion of Safer Internet Day (SID) 2016, we asked our youth panellists for their views on the theme of ‘Play your part for a better internet!'. Here, we hear from Ida from Sweden.
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