At present EUROPE DIRECT, a free information service of the European Comission  (through free telephone number 00800 678 91011 or e-mail) announce that it will help parents, teachers and children in the whole European Union with answers to questions conserning safe use of the internet and new on-line technologies.

The EUROPE DIRECT service actively supports the European Comission´s program Safer Internet Plus which aimes to promote safer use of the Internet and on-line technologies, in particular for children – Which is an interesting topic for parents in the whole EU-25. In the newest research, Eurobarometer, 44% of the parents said they want to recieve more information about how thay can protect their children from illegal and harmful contents and contacts.

Program Safer Internet Plus

In the year 2005the European Comission activated the program Safer Internet Plus , which will last for four years and which aims to make the Internet safer for European children. The program leans on work that the European Union carried out in the year 1996 about propaganda of safe use of the Internet and the fight against illegal and harmful content on the internet-pages. The program covers the new on-line technology, including mobile and wideband content, on-line games and all types of communication in the actual time, how are the “discussion rooms“, and running news, which aimes mainly to improve the internet security for children and youth.

EUROPE DIRECT & questions connected with Internet safety

For EUROPE DIRECT and questions connected with Internet security INTERNET EUROPE DIRECT has a free phonenumber and e-mail service, which the citizens can use everywhere within the European Union when they want answers to questions about EU and it´s developement, what is for example the latest news in the area of Internet safety.  Parents, teachers and children in the whole EU, who want to have more information on safety work of the Internet, can contact the EUROPE DIRECT service and put out questions concerning the risks from the Internet (How foreign people contact young people which dangers brings the discussion rooms? What are the risks when your children make their own blog?) and different new technologies (What do I have to know to use the camera on the cellphone?). They can also obtain information about already existing tools that protects the children (Does it exist any way to teach the child how to buy apropriate on-line games? Which second filter is disponible?) and how to get good help (I bumped into racist material or child pornography, how can I report it? Where can I get help if my children are being victimized by internet or mobile phone?).

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