Today Safe surfing-day in Europe
6 February stands in Europe in the sign of a safer Internet for children. With the celebration, the European Commission projects want round younger persons to sensibiliseren and to keep from online threats, extra in the paint set. That lifted among many via special events, today in twelve European countries. Also many candidate-member countries do with.
The Safer Internet-initiative descends all of 1999 and has as a target children against the dark side of the Internet to protect. There many attention is given at the education aspect, so that younger persons on the height its by the dangers of chatrooms and other internet channels. It become near it especially local and smaller projects gesubsidieerd, as placard campaigns in Germany. Also projects round illegal content - as childerporn and racist texts - to fight, get money of Europe.
The program consists of four parts. Next to sensibilisatie, Safer Internet loves to report self busy with the setting up phone numbers illegal content and the developing of filtersoftware. The initiative loves self also busy with newer forms online content, as P2P-networken, online games and mobile applications.
In principle, the Safer Internet-initiative ends this year. Yet comes there possible next year yet a Safe surfing-day. Shortly definitely the European Commission or the program extended becomes until 2008.