Norwegian Safer Internet Centre

Last updated: 2024-01-22

About our SID activities

What kind of harmful content do kids and teens encounter on social media? And what can we do to create a safer digital experience for children? We will look at this in more detail during Safer Internet Day 2024. Read more about how you can participate and get involved at #SID2024.

Norwegian children acquire digital skills at an early stage - more than 9 out of 10 have their own mobile phone by the time they turn 10 years old. But how can we ensure they are not exposed to harmful content on social media? What is the experience for a 10-15-year-old regarding what content they encounter on social media? What do they do when they experience something unpleasant? What do parents worry about? And what could the age rating be on a typical TikTok feed?

We will look closely at these issues on Tuesday, 6 February 2024. On this day, we invite parents and professionals working with children and young people to a digital meeting about children and harmful digital content. The Norwegian Media Authority will present recent findings from a qualitative survey on harmful content, and the Police will share their experiences from the online patrol project. The viewer can also submit questions during the broadcast and get answers from professionals in real-time.

What we are doing to create a better internet...

Children and young people today don't separate their digital lives from their offline lives. By safeguarding children's and young people's digital lives, the Norwegian Safer Internet Centre (SIC) will help equip children to become competent and critical media users. We will protect them from harmful content and provide knowledge and advice. It is a comprehensive task that we share with many.

We will help them as optimally and securely as possible; we must constantly consider skills, responsibilities and security. But children and adolescents cannot take care of a safe online environment, take the right responsibilities or get the right skills alone. They need help, guidance and education.

A broad public-private coalition of parties must take responsibility for the digital security and skills of young people and help parents and teachers guide and educate them. The Norwegian Safer Internet Centre brings stakeholders together for their activities and to achieve their goals for a better internet.

The Media Authority and the Norwegian SIC acknowledge our shared responsibility for fulfilling, protecting and respecting children's rights in the digital environment under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

About us

The Norwegian Safer Internet Centre (SIC) aims to help children and young people to have a safer and better digital life. The Norwegian SIC's main goal is to raise awareness and increase media literacy among children, parents and teachers, and other professionals working with children on online issues and online risks. The helpline services - Cross my heart - give advice and support to young people on issues related to their use of online technologies. The SIC collaborates with many different partners from both the private and public sector, and from NGOs to ministries, to ensure joint awareness-raising activities and development of common resources and tools.

Additional links/resources

Website
https://www.medietilsynet.no/

Email address
info@medietilsynet.no

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