News Overview

What is truth and what is a lie? On the Internet, you often can't be sure. Because in addition to serious reporting, lies and misinformation are spread online - sometimes deliberately - to influence, manipulate and unsettle users.

Today is World Children's Day. This year's theme is "Giving Children a Voice!"

Today the 11th international conference "Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online" starts in Warsaw. Together with our European colleagues, we will inform and consult on current topics and developments in Internet safety and youth media protection over the next two days. The conference can be followed online via a live stream.

New dares and challenges are constantly taking place on the Internet. The spectrum is wide and ranges from fitness-related challenges such as the "Plank Challenge" to dangerous actions such as the "Choking Challenge".

Doing homework with the Internet? This question is on the minds of many parents, as well as the experts at Internet-ABC. Just in time for the start of the new school year, the Internet-ABC has compiled the most important background information on the topic.

Until now, YouTube Kids was only available in the USA. Since 06.09.17, the app is also available for download for Android and IOS users in Germany and Austria.

"Only 10 minutes left!" - Most parents are probably familiar with such or similar sentences from their children, for example, when they are watching TV, playing with their cell phones or surfing the Internet.

Whether with a "like" or a "like", a comment or an entire review - on the Internet, users can express their opinions quickly and anonymously. You can rate just about anything: your last hotel visit, your favorite restaurant and even individual people. On platforms like Tellonym, Sarahah, Ask.fm or YouTube, people anonymously comment on others. In addition to compliments, insulting remarks can also be found there.

At first glance, everything seems harmless: the children's heroes Elsa and Spiderman interact as plasticine figures in a cute-looking YouTube clip. The story shifts to a bathroom, where Elsa is taking a bath. However, at the latest when Spiderman starts urinating in the bathtub Elsa is in, it becomes clear that something is wrong here.

On Tuesday, August 22, 2017, Gerd Billen, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV), visited the klicksafe booth at gamecom.

Many school beginners are also Internet beginners: But anyone surfing the Net should have a good dose of media and IT literacy. The BSI provides parents and children with some basic safety rules for safe surfing on the Internet.

Data glasses on the nose, smartwatches on the wrist and intelligent sensors in clothing: Mobile computers are increasingly permeating our lives. So-called wearables - small computers that we wear on our bodies - sound like dreams of the future, but they are already a reality in many places.

This is a question that preoccupies many parents and also the experts at Internet-ABC e.V.: Opinions on the subject vary widely. In the new topic special, the Internet-ABC has compiled background information and also published a new learning module "(Cyber)Mobbing - no fun!" for children of primary school age.

Setting" privacy, "flagging" strangers and recognizing advertising as "phishing" - Junait sensitizes children in a playful way to the dangers that can lurk in social networks. At the same time, the players learn how to deal with these dangers in a protected space.

The youth portal www.handysektor.de takes advantage of the vacation season and presents useful apps for the summer. In addition, there is a special on flying drones with the most important rules for flying.