Safer Internet Day
Over the years, Safer Internet Day has become a landmark event in the online safety calendar. Starting as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004 and taken up by the Insafe network as one of its earliest actions in 2005, Safer Internet Day has grown beyond its traditional geographic zone and is now celebrated in approximately 170 countries worldwide.
From cyberbullying to social networking to digital identity, each year Safer Internet Day aims to raise awareness of emerging online issues and current concerns.
The theme this year is Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’
Previous years Safer Internet Day
- 2023 - Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online
- 2022 - All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online
- 2021 - An internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world
- 2020 - Together for a better internet.
- 2019 - Our Internet, Our Choice, Together for a better internet
- 2018 - Create, Connect and Share Respect, A better internet starts with us
Videos
Safer Internet Day Quiz
More information about Safer Internet Day:
Deep Dive into Safer Internet Day
- Safer Internet Day 2024 resources: 3-7 years edition
- Safer Internet Day 2024 resources: 7-11 years edition
- Safer Internet Day 2024 resources: 11-14 years edition
- Safer Internet Day 2024 resources: 14-18 years edition
Social Media Checklist (SWGfL)
Digital Wellbeing
In recent years, digital wellbeing has played an important part within the wider reach of mental and physical health. It relates to how the use of digital technology including personal devices, social media and other apps can impact on an individual’s life. With more and more people being online, digital wellbeing has gathered more attention and has quickly been recognised as an area of life that needs supporting for children as well as adults.
Digital wellbeing can be affected by many things, such as how long we spend on devices, how we behave online, how we interact with others, how others interact with us, what we expose ourselves to, what we’re influenced by and how we use technology to achieve desired outcomes. Much like general wellbeing, it can contribute to other areas such as our overall physical and mental health.
Social Media and Digital Wellbeing links
- Tiktok wellbeing
- Instagram take a break
- YouTube hiding dislikes
- Twitter mute feature
- Digital Resilience Tool
Report harmful content
The Report harmful content button is an asset of SWGfL, a charity working internationally to ensure all benefit from technology, free from harm.
