News Overview 2023

One topic, over 60 websites and more than 100 link tips: To the day of the child sides on 21 October the German-language child side landscape interlaces itself under the slogan ?the child rights on the trace ? One click on tag-der-kinderseiten.de opens the door to the exciting world of children's rights - presented in a diverse and multifaceted way on a wide range of platforms under the umbrella of the children's website network Seitenstark.

Is it okay to watch porn if you are under 18? What to do when sexting goes wrong? Is it okay to host someone online? This week, young counselors are explaining this in a peer-to-peer campaign by klicksafe and "Nummer gegen Kummer" on Instagram.

The United Nations World Day of the Girl has been held on October 11 since 2012. The child rights organization Plan International co-initiated this day and sets a focus topic every year with the Girls' Report. In 2023, under the title "Her Body, Her Choice," this is the question of the physical and mental health of girls with regard to sexuality and reproduction. On the occasion of World Girls' Day, klicksafe asks: What about girls' sexual self-determination on the Internet?

Abused women, armed kidnappings, frightened children - the terrorist attack on Israel shocks and polarizes. In social media such as TikTok and video portals such as YouTube, children and young people can come across disturbing depictions of violence as well as anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim propaganda. We provide information on how you can help children and young people to categorize and process what is happening.

Images reminiscent of yearbooks from the 1990s and 2000s are currently trending on TikTok and Instagram. The reason for this is the yearbook trend. An app uses artificial intelligence to transform users into their former selves. In this news article, we explain what is problematic about the computer-generated images, the so-called deepfakes, and what parents should be aware of.

Conspiracy theories offer answers, clarity and simple connections in a complex world. Via social networks, messenger services and YouTube, conspiracy narratives today reach very many people within a very short time. Children and young people in particular lack the experience and background knowledge to judge conspiracy narratives as such. How can they recognize and critically question conspiracy myths? A hidden object picture by the State Criminal Police Office of Baden-Württemberg and the Police Crime Prevention Program of the States and the Federation (ProPK) helps to start a conversation with young people about conspiracy theories.

Every year, the TOMMI children's software award honors outstanding games and digital learning offerings. Today, the nominees for the TOMMI 2023 were announced. In addition to many great offers, there is also a klicksafe offer among them. Our klicksafe quiz on the topic of digital games has been nominated in the Youth Award for Education category.

October 03 is an important national holiday. On this day in 1990, two separate German states became one again. For children and young people, reunification is a historical event with no personal connection. How can we nevertheless bring this important piece of recent German history closer to our children? How do we convey the political and personal consequences that the division of Germany had - and still has today? We took a look around the web.

Since 2003, the Internet ABC has been offering children a safe introduction to the online world. Designed as a learning platform for six to twelve-year-olds, children learn everything they need to know for their first steps on the Internet. Internet-ABC e.V. now celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Bertelsmann Stiftung with invited guests from the worlds of politics and education.

Since ChatGPT, the topic of "AI" has arrived in the public consciousness and also in classrooms. Young people need support to be able to use AI-based tools sensibly and safely in the school context. For this purpose, klicksafe has developed a new flyer in cooperation with Safe im Recht. Recent reports from Spain in particular show what happens when such tools are used irresponsibly by adolescents. Several teenagers had created and distributed AI-generated nude images of more than 20 girls, so-called deepnudes.

Young people gather information on the Internet primarily via social media. There, they regularly come into contact with various forms of disinformation. How can they recognize credible information among fake news, conspiracy stories and deep fakes? The updated klicksafe handbook "Ethics makes click. Meinungsbildung in der digitalen Welt" offers comprehensive information and numerous projects with new examples to strengthen young people's opinion-forming skills.

How can you distinguish AI images from others? Can AI also be creepy? And how do artificially intelligent systems actually work? The latest issue of the media magazine for children and young people is about mystical stories, exciting interviews and creative tips for everyone who wants to find their way safely in the digital world.

In yesterday's TV show "Lass dich überwachen!" (Let yourself be monitored!), satirist Jan Böhmermann focused on the handling of personal data on the Internet in an entertaining way. The appeal is clear: Watch what you do on the Internet, because the Internet doesn't forget anything! What should users watch out for when surfing the net? We have compiled materials, tips and information for educators, parents and young people on the subject of data protection.

Only those who know their rights can claim them. On this year's World Children's Day, September 20, Seitenstark is launching the "Children's Rights - Level Up!" project. Children can find out about their digital and analog rights and get ideas for actively dealing with their children's rights.

Hate on the web is unfortunately an everyday phenomenon. On social media platforms, in forums and in comment columns, people are insulted, denigrated and covered with ridicule and scorn. Especially people who are in the public eye are confronted with hate. A new report by jugendschutz.net sheds light on the extreme hostility that climate activists, for example, experience online. For children and young people, there is not only the danger of becoming a target themselves. The omnipresence of hate online can lead to such hostility increasingly being perceived as normal. Our new flyer "Aktiv werden gegen Hate Speech" (Be active against hate speech) explains in a nutshell for young people what hate speech is and how to defend against it.