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Subscriber only Three out of 10 teenagers have been contacted by strangers online, and a Lennox Head expert is sharing tips for parents wanting to protect their children on Saf`er Internet Day. Teenagers are spending around two hours a day online and have four different social media services, according to new research released by the eSafety Commissioner, to coincide with Safer Internet Day. Our research shows that while teens increased use of technology offers many benefits, there is a distinct downside - dealing with negative online experiences such as unwanted contact and cyber-bullying , Australia s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said.
Safer Internet Day 2021
Safer Internet Day.
This annual event takes place every February to promote safe and responsible use of the Internet and digital technologies, especially amongst children and young people.
Safer Internet Day is organised by the joint Insafe-INHOPE network with the support of the European Commission and funding provided under the Connecting Europe Facility Programme. In Ireland, Safer Internet Day is promoted and co-ordinated by Webwise, the Irish Internet Safety Awareness Centre.
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, will launch this year’s Safer Internet Day, which will be hosted online by the Department of Justice and the Irish Safer Internet Centre partners. This will be followed by a series of evening #BeKindOnline webinars throughout the week.
Mariya Gabriel is EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.
The online world provides young people and children with limitless opportunities to learn, to communicate, but also to create and share content. It is often our young people who are first to discover and use new social media platforms; share apps or mobilise themselves online in view of promoting social good.
It is a world of knowledge at their fingertips.
And given the shift to distance and online learning in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the internet has enabled more than 100 million students and pupils in Europe to continue with their studies.
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