Safer Internet Centre Denmark
Safer Internet Centre Denmark (SIC DK) is a partnership between The Media Council for Children and Young People (awareness), Save the Children Denmark (hotline), and Center for Digital Youth Care (helpline). The main task for SIC DK is to strengthen children and young people’s media literacy. Furthermore, the partnerships aim is to prevent and combating illegal digital content, and the protection of children through safe digital experiences and environments.
The three partners serve different roles in the partnership:
The Media Council for Children and Young People run the awareness centre in SIC DK. This means the Media Council is responsible for spreading relevant knowledge about the digital lives of children and young people, developing awareness-raising activities, and publishing materials for children, youth, professionals, parents, and other caregivers. The Media Council has specialized expertise across a wide range of topics aimed at strengthening media literacy among children and young people, including knowledge of digital rights, gaming, platform guides, and resources targeted at parents and professionals. In addition to its role as an awareness centre, the Media Council also coordinates cooperation between the three organizations and serves as the main contact point for the European Commission, the Nordic SIC collaboration, and the European Insafe network, which comprises all Safer Internet Centres.
Save the Children Denmark operates the helpline Delete It and the hotline ReportIt. ReportIt receives anonymous reports containing links to images and videos of sexual abuse against children, which they then analyze to remove abusive material. ReportIt collaborates with Danish and international law enforcement to identify victims and stop perpetrators. As a member of the INHOPE network, they play a vital role in the international effort to combat sexual abuse of children. Delete It provides counseling to children and young people under 18, parents, relatives, and professionals about digital violations and unpleasant online experiences. The helpline offers psychological first aid, knowledge about legislation and rights and guidance
The Center for Digital Youth Care is responsible for all child and youth participation within SIC DK, ensuring that the voices of children and young people are heard and included throughout the center’s work. This is achieved through facilitating youth panels, peer-to-peer activities, and participation in national and international collaborations. The Center for Digital Youth Care has many years of experience in facilitating youth involvement and expertise in digital counseling, children’s digital habits and risk behaviors, media literacy, as well as trends and developments in social media and video games. Additionally, the Center actively participates in the European Insafe network, which comprises all Safer Internet Centres, contributing their knowledge and expertise in various working groups and collaborations.
Advisory Board
The Safer Internet Centre has an advisory board that represents a wide range of stakeholders. The collaboration with national stakeholders is important in the work of SIC DK, just as the SIC DK partners plays an important role in the organizational and political landscape of children and young people’s use of digital technologies in Denmark.
Part of a European Network
Safer Internet Centre Denmark is a national center connected to the EU-program Digital Europe. Under the strategy Better Internet for Kids+ (BIK+) the aim is to carry out a shared European strategy for the prevention and combating digital illegal content.
The strategy is structured around three main pillars:
- Safe digital experiences, protecting children from harmful and illegal online content, conduct, and risks and improving their well-being through a safe, age-appropriate digital environment.
- Digital empowerment so that children acquire the necessary skills and competences to make informed choices and express themselves in the online environment safely and responsibly.
- Active participation, respecting children by giving them a say in the digital environment, with more child-led activities to foster innovative and creative safe digital experiences.
