"No likes for lies!"Impressions from Safer Internet Day 2025

Safer Internet Day (SID) 2025 was celebrated worldwide on February 11. Together with the partners of the Safer Internet DE association, klicksafe is implementing the motto "No likes for lies! Recognize extremism, populism and deepfakes online" with a wide range of activities. With our digital school lesson, we were able to educate over 31,000 schoolchildren across Germany about right-wing extremist propaganda and disinformation online. In Berlin, we organized a dialogue panel with pupils, experts and Federal Minister for Family Affairs Lisa Paus. A big thank you to everyone who helped make this year's SID such a success. The SID may be over, but there are still many more activities throughout February. More than 300 campaigns were registered with klicksafe for the SID. In our article you will get impressions and an overview of this special day.

Impressions from Safer Internet Day 2025

Digital school lesson at Media:TURM Ludwigshafen

The Digital School Lesson, which was streamed directly into classrooms by schools on Safer Internet Day, is brand new and a complete success. A total of 842 schools with 1,290 classes took part in this largest school lesson in Germany and were part of Safer Internet Day. This enabled us to raise awareness of right-wing extremist online strategies among over 31,000 pupils. In an interactive and practical way, we illustrated the social impact of manipulative disinformation and what they can do as individuals to combat it. Our experts from the German Safer Internet Center at klicksafe and jugendschutz.net provided the pupils with up-to-date knowledge and background information. The digital school lesson was recorded in cooperation withRheinpfalz in the Media:TURM of the Rhineland-Palatinate Media Authority. Many thanks to the pupils of IGS Ludwigshafen Gartenstadt as well as all pupils and the committed teachers nationwide for their active participation!

klicksafe speaker Martin Bregenzer and moderator Leonie Maderstein explain the first group task.
The experts from jugendschutz.net and klicksafe in conversation with the moderator.
During the lesson, all pupils were able to participate live via online voting.
The pupils of IGS Ludwigshafen Gartenstadt supported our Digital School Hour on site with their enthusiastic participation.
The school lesson reached over 30,000 pupils across Germany, such as here at the Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium in Berlin.
Pupils at Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium work on tasks during the digital school lesson.

Specialist event on Safer Internet Day in Berlin

Another highlight was the exciting dialog panel on the SID motto at the Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium (KKG) in Berlin. KKG students were joined in the discussion by Lisa Paus, Member of the Bundestag and Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth; Theresa Lehmann, Amadeu Antonio Foundation; Deborah Woldemichael, EU initiative klicksafe; Martin Drechsler, Managing Director FSM and Gizem Çelik, Content Creator. The event was moderated by Polo Türk from rbb/Fritz-Radio and the board of Neue deutsche Medienmacher*innen. The panel was actively accompanied by questions and contributions from around 150 other KKG students in the room, who were also involved in the dialog via mentimeter.

Panel discussion with Martin Drechsler, Theresa Lehmann, Gizem Çelik, Polo Türk, pupils, Lisa Paus, Deborah Woldemichael (from left to right)
Martin Drechsler, Theresa Lehmann, Gizem Çelik, Polo Türk, Deborah Woldemichael, Lisa Paus, pupils (from left to right)
Panel discussion: pupils, Lisa Paus, Deborah Woldemichael (from left to right).
Audience Panel discussion
Panel discussion with Theresa Lehmann, Gizem Çelik and a student (from left to right).
Panel discussion: Pupils and Polo Türk
Panel discussion: Mentimeter survey of pupils in the audience. School management, the Berlin School Senate and the State Chancellery of the BMFSFJ listened attentively.
Statement campaign "No likes for lies! Because..." at the Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium, Berlin.
Statement campaign "No likes for lies! Because..." at the Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium, Berlin.
Group photo: Panel participants and organizing team.

Numerous posts on social networks

Many institutions, associations and private individuals also supported Safer Internet Day 2025 online. For example, by posting pictures of individual events and information on the topic of "No Likes for Lies". All posts with the hashtags #SID25, #SID2025 and #NoLikesforLies are archived on our social media wall. And, of course, new posts, images and videos will continue to be added.

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Hundreds of events throughout Germany

Over 300 events and campaigns were registered throughout Germany to mark Safer Internet Day. Most of them took place on February 11. But there are also other events throughout February. Take a look at the list of events. There you will find such diverse offers as online events, workshops at schools and social media campaigns. We would like to thank everyone who is working for a better internet on Safer Internet Day 2025! By the way, you can stillregisterevents with us.

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Web seminar of the Safer Internet DE association

On February 18, our experts from the Safer Internet DE association gave a web seminarentitled "No likes for lies: What to do about populist and extremist (deep) fakes on the internet?"-What professionals & parents need to know" about the challenges of dealing with populist and extremist (deep) fakes online. Legal aspects are also covered, including the evaluation of content in the context of applicable laws and possible legal action against the spread of disinformation. 

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