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The second KID_ACTIONS EU Policy, Research and Practitioners Forum was a success!
Author: Sophie Smit (European Schoolnet) Last month, the second KID_ACTIONS EU Policy, Research and Practitioners Forum took place, marking the final event of the KID_ACTIONS Project. More than 70 people attended the event onsite in Brussels and online. The...
This November! The second KID_ACTIONS EU Policy, Research and Practitioners Forum
Author: Sophie Smit (European Schoolnet) Right before the end of the KID_ACTIONS project, this December 2022, a second Forum will take place on 22 November 2022 in Brussels. This Forum will be a hybrid Forum, thus giving the great opportunity for stakeholders to...
World Mental Health Day 2022 – Focusing on Cyberbullying Prevention – Interview with Michelle O’Reilly, University of Leicester
Today is World Mental Health Day (WMHD), on this day the effort is made to raise awareness of mental health issues and to mobilise initiatives to support mental health all around the world. The World Health Organization organised a global campaign for World Mental...
Cyberbullying on Gaming Platforms – Interview with Laura Higgins, Roblox
Children and young people (CYP) are online almost every day. Girls often go online to social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram, while Boys are most likely to engage in gaming.¹ The social aspects of gaming platforms offer opportunities for cyberbullying.²...
Talking about Cyberbullying at a Festival for Human Rights
Author: Chiara Gullotta (Amnesty International Italy) This year the Voci x Libertà (Voices for Freedom) took place from 22 July until 24 July in Rosolina Mare, a small coastal city in the north of Italy. This was a special edition of the festival, since it was...
Stop Cyberbullying with Artificial Intelligence
Author: Elena Sidorova (4INDATA, KID_ACTIONS Lab member) With the growing use of online communication tools, cyberbullying has become a major problem in today’s society. According to UNICEF, teenagers suffer from cyberbullying more significantly than adults because...
Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems in the fight against cyberbullying
Author: Sara Tonelli (FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler) In the week between 20 and 24 of June, FBK team members attended the 13th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference in Marseille, France. The KID_ACTIONS project was presented on several occasions during the...
World Youth Skills Day
Author: Sophie Smit (European Schoolnet) 15 July is the day that we celebrate youth skills all around the world. The United Nations declared this day as the World Youth Skills Day in 2014. This day fosters the dialogue between young people, the educational sector that...
YEU Podcast on the fight against cyberbullying
Fighting cyberbullying is a joint effort! Listen to this podcast from the KID_ACTIONS project partner - YEU International (Youth for Exchange and Understanding) to discover how various project partners tackle cyberbullying!
Launch of the KID_ACTIONS Educational Toolkit
The KID_ACTIONS project is excited to announce the launch of the Educational Toolkit. The Educational Toolkit aims to counter peer violence amongst young people, discrimination, and intolerance and to break down stereotypes in the online and offline world. This...