On 4 February 2025, approximately 150 children and young people aged between 8–18 from across the UK took part in the first ever Children’s AI Summit. The Children’s Manifesto for the Future of AI was developed from ideas, pitches and messages submitted to world leaders by children in the run-up to the summit. These ideas
by Ryan Meade, Public Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google On 4 March, Google Safety Engineering Center (GSEC) in Dublin held the annual ‘Growing Up in the Digital Age’ Summit, convening over 200 online safety experts from 20 countries. The three-day event saw impactful discussions and collaborative workshops focused on protecting, respecting and empowering young
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by Emily Lynch, Assistant Director of Media Literacy and User Education This year, the annual Safer Internet Day event, coordinated by Webwise and supported by the Internet Safety Centre, took place in Microsoft’s Dream Space in Dublin, with an audience of online safety practitioners and young people, including 16 members of the Webwise Youth Advisory
The voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation is to be integrated into the framework of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) and used as a benchmark for determining platforms’ compliance. The Code of Practice on Disinformation was designed as a first-of-its kind tool through which Relevant Signatories agreed – for the first time in 2018 –
Stay Safe Online: Empowering Young Minds Against Cyberbullying To coincide with Safer Internet Day 2025, the National Youth Council of Ireland published its resource for youth workers, Stay Safe Online: Empowering Young Minds Against Cyberbullying. This resource was developed by the National Youth Health Programme in response to conversations with youth workers across the island
The Same Rules Apply parental awareness campaign – supported by the HSE and Accenture – highlights the need to approach parenting children online in the same way we approach parenting them offline. Launched to mark Safer Internet Day 2025, the campaign is accompanied by this video featuring a child who can’t swim attending a swimming
by Dr Gillian Kennedy, Policy and Research Manager, European Movement Ireland As part of an ongoing project supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs, European Movement Ireland monitors misinformation/disinformation in relation to Irish–EU affairs. Our most recent report, The Disinformation Landscape: Youth in Ireland and the EU, was written in the context of an increase