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Many newspapers and news portals are currently reporting on a demand by the professional association of pediatricians and adolescents. It says that children should not have their own cell phone before the age of eleven. Many parents wonder whether this demand is still realistic today.

If children do not yet have their own cell phone, they are happy to use their parents' devices. The parents' folder from Saferinternet.at contains 10 tips for parents of children between the ages of 3 and 6 on how to handle cell phones, tablets & and the like in everyday family life. The guide is available now for download or as a print version.

Internet and smartphone use begins in childhood, which is why media education issues are increasingly being addressed in elementary schools. In order to be able to deal with current media topics in a compact form, the "SIN - Studio im Netz" has published new materials with puzzles and tasks for children.

The TOMMI children's software award takes a positive approach to digital gaming and awards high-quality children's software every year. Last week, the TOMMI 2019 was awarded at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Last week, the show Neo Magazin Royale took a critical look at the game and marketing concept of the app "Coin Master". The Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Young Persons (BPjM) has now taken the game app into indexing proceedings.

In cooperation with the SELMA project (hackinghate.eu), klicksafe is offering a participatory campaign for schools and non-school educational partners, in which young people can use small everyday actions to promote positive coexistence. The five most active teams in Germany receive 5 euros per participant for the class fund, capped at 200 euros per group.

With the motto "Internet for kids - this is how it's done," this year's Children's Website Day (TdK) on October 21 offers children an exclusive look behind the scenes: Children will learn how, why and by whom children's websites are designed.

Today marks the start of European Cyber Security Month, a Europe-wide month of action on cyber security.

At the latest at secondary school, many classes have class chat on WhatsApp. A lack of netiquette and time or topic limits in class chat groups often lead to cyber-bullying or stress and have a negative impact on the class climate. In the current article, we show which materials klicksafe and Handysektor use to support teachers and students in dealing with class chats.

None of the tested game apps is suitable for children without restrictions!

Children and young people use the Internet intensively and in very different ways. It goes without saying that they are confronted with a wide range of risks. But their risk perception and risk awareness do not always match those of their parents. These are the findings of the representative EU Kids online survey in Germany conducted by the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute (HBI).

Many school beginners are also Internet beginners: But anyone surfing the Net should have a good dose of media and IT literacy. The BSI provides parents and children with some basic safety rules for safe Internet surfing.

Children are using services such as YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat at an increasingly early age and are exposed to risks such as bullying, hate, harassment and violence. However, current youth protection solutions are almost ineffective there, as they cannot filter content in a differentiated manner. That is why modern technologies such as machine learning must also be used and further developed to protect the youngest. This is the conclusion of the current status report "Technischer Jugendmedienschutz" by jugendschutz.net.

Today is the worldwide Suicide Prevention Day. You can find information about suicide risk online at klicksafe.

In its recently published annual report, jugendschutz.net states that bullying, hate and harassment are commonplace in Internet services and calls on operators to improve their protection concepts.