New cooperationklicksafe and BzKJ join forces for strong child and youth media protection
The focus of the joint work is on practical, low-threshold and target group-oriented offers. They support parents, educational professionals and children and young people in recognizing digital risks and dealing competently with media. To this end, BzKJ and klicksafe are jointly developing materials, formats and campaigns on current challenges of child and youth media protection. Among other things, information series on current media phenomena, teaching and educational materials, digital school lessons and measures for youth participation are planned.
The cooperation builds on the respective expertise of both partners: While the BzKJ contributes its findings from its testing center for media harmful to young people and the ZUKUNFTSWERKSTATT, klicksafe has many years of experience in information and media education in the digital space.
The public is regularly informed about the results and focal points of the cooperation. Joint activities include nationwide campaigns such as the Safer Internet Day are planned. With this three-year cooperation, BzKJ and klicksafe are sending a clear signal for strong, contemporary and networked media protection for children and young people in the digital media world.
Further information can be found in the press release from 22.01.2026.
About the BzKJ
The Federal Agency for the Protection of Children and Young People in the Media (BzKJ) is committed to enabling children and young people to grow up well with media. In doing so, it acts on behalf of the German Protection of Young Persons Act (JuSchG). Its tasks include the indexing of media harmful to minors, the continuous promotion of the further development of child and youth media protection and the networking of all key players in child and youth media protection. It also offers parents, professionals, children and young people guidance on how to use media as safely as possible. The independent "Office for the Enforcement of Children's Rights in Digital Services" (KidD) set up at the BzKJ monitors compliance with structural precautionary measures (e.g. safe default settings, reporting and remedial procedures, etc.) by online platforms based in Germany in accordance with the European Digital Services Act (DSA).
About klicksafe
klicksafe is the German Awareness Centre in the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) of the European Union and is implemented by the Medienanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz and in cooperation with the Bundeszentrale für Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz (BzKJ). klicksafe supports the confident and critical use of digital media with a wide range of offers. Educational professionals, parents and interested users can find up-to-date information and materials at klicksafe.de.
klicksafe is politically and economically independent and a coordinating member of the "Safer Internet DE" association(saferinternet.de). In addition to klicksafe as an awareness center, the hotlines internet-beschwerdestelle.de (of eco and FSM) and jugendschutz.net as well as the helpline Nummer gegen Kummer are members of this association.