The Internet Hotline of the Bulgarian Safer Internet Centre, coordinated by the “Applied research and communications” Fund, received a certificate for its quality of work from the Board of the International Association of Internet Hotline Providers INHOPE.
On the 26th April the Applied Research and Communications Fund and Association Debates Sofia organized the debate “For and against uploading a sexy selfie”. The discussion of the two points of view aimed to shed more light on whether sexy selfies bring more positives or negatives to the young boys and girls who share them online.
Hate speech has become an everyday occurrence in the Bulgarian society and even the youngest children are affected by this undesired development. This is a conclusion shared by over 20 experts from various state institutions and non-governmental sector, who participated on a round table, organized by the Applied Research and Communications Fund on April 25.
On the 29th March, experts on online safety from ARC Fund held open lessons in front of more than 120 students from the 5th, 6th and 7th grades in the small Bulgarian town of Oryahovo. The lesson called “I want to be popular like the others” was developed within the national campaign for counteracting contemporary models of gender-based violence.
On March 13th, in order to mark the International women’s day and the European action day against online sexist hate speech, the initiative “Walk a mile in her shoes” took place in Sofia. During the event, the campaign #облечисебе (Dress up) was also presented.
The campaign against sexualized online behavior #облечисебе (Dress up) was presented at the ninth annual national youth conference, which was organized by the Youth Parliament of Gorna Oryahovitsa between March 11-13.
Over 60 children, adolescents and adults took part in the Conference "Dos and Don'ts.. For a Few Likes More", which was held on the 9th February 2016 to mark the Internetional Safer Internet Day.
On the 9th February 2016, the Bulgarian Safer Internet Centre marked the International Safer Internet Day with the Conference on the Internet of the Future “Dos and Don’ts…For a Few Likes More.” The Conference started with a short ceremony, on which three Cyberscout teams from the Bulgarian towns Popovo, Smolyan and Vidin were awarded.
