Internet safety, or online safety, is the knowledge of maximizing the user's personal safety and security risks to private information and property associated with using the internet, and the self-protection from computer crime in general. As the number of internet users continues to grow worldwide, internet safety is a growing concern for both children and adults. Common concerns regarding safety on the internet include: malicious users (spam, phishing, cyberbullying, cyberstalking etc.), websites and software (malware, computer viruses, etc.) and various types of obscene or offensive content. Several crimes can be committed on the Internet such as stalking, identity theft and more. Most social networking and chat sites have a page about safety. Numerous groups, governments and organizations have expressed concerns about the safety of children using the Internet. Safer Internet Day is celebrated worldwide in February to raise awareness about internet safety. In the UK the Get Safe Online campaign has received sponsorship from government agency Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) and major Internet companies such as Microsoft and eBay.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
INTERNET SAFETY - SLOVENIAN WEBSITES
Safer Internet Centre Slovenia is the national project promoting and ensuring a better internet for kids. This is a EU initiated and co-financed project, in Slovenia financial support also comes from the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport. The project is run by a consortium of partners coordinated by Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana: Academic and Research Network of Slovenia, Slovenian Association of friends of youth and Youth Infromation and Counselling Center of Slovenia.
Hotline Spletno oko enables internet users anonymous report of hate speech and child sexual abuse images while they come across online. Hotline was within Safer Internet Program established in September 2006, and started receiving reports in March 2007, when the cooperation with Police and all the necessary technology was set in place.
Hotline Spletno oko is part of Safer internet Centre, which is coordinated by University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, in cooperation with partners Arnes, Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth and Centre MISSS (Youth Information and Counseling Centre of Slovenia). Hotline is financed by European Commission - General Directorate Connect and Ministry of education, science and sport.
Source: http://safe.si/node/1059
TOM TELEFON operates within the Friends of Youth Association of Slovenia since 1990, when it was established by the initiative of the Child Rights Commission. In 1995 a national network TOM was established, in which all groups of advisors connected and started to advise from a single toll-free number.
Telephone for children and adolescents, abbreviated TOM Telefon, is aimed at all young people and their parents who have any problems and want to discuss them. Since growing up itself is a turbulent period that brings so many changes, every child and young person needs a possibility to have a relaxed conversation about that. As part of campaign "New number, old friends" renovation of existing website www.e- tom.si was made. Since 2008 children and adolescents have the possibility to ask questions through online form (outside TOM telefon operating hours or anytime). On the website children and adolescents can read about variety of topics such as school, drugs, family, love, adolescence, violence, psychological problems and sexuality. When we relaunched the website we also included topics of safe use of internet and mobile devices, since we joined the Center for Safer Internet in 2012. Since February 5th 2013 children, youth and theri parents can ask questions in an online chat room.
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