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Safer Internet Day 2016

Safer Internet Day 2016

Safer Internet Day 2016

This year, Microsoft and the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, in collaboration with the Italian Postal Police, have organized a Safer Internet Day that will be held throughout Italy with young men and women as the true protagonists.

 

From North to South, students, coordinated by the FMD, will work together on a Youth Manifesto for a Safer Internet. The students will then present the Manifesto to the school community and promote it on the web.

 

We will keep you informed about the progress made in schools throughout Italy via interviews and multimedia presentations, beginning with IIS Salvemini in Alessano, in the Province of Lecce. Francesca Meini spoke to Principal Chiara Vantaggiato and Sofia Sergi, one of the students at the school.

 

“We often forget how fragile our children are as they grow up. They are as delicate as wax,” explains Principal Vantaggiato, who points out the issue of anonymity and the menaces in social media. “Schools must educate students on a safe use of the Internet, which is an extraordinary tool. It’s like having the Library of Alexandria in your pocket.”

 

 

 

Sofia, a student at the school, explains how she and her classmates decided to work on the cyber-bullying emergency.

 

 

 

The Safer Internet Day, promoted by the European Commission, has become a global event over the course of the years. It is now celebrated on February 9 in more than 70 countries around the world.

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