Press Release: Commission welcomes European Parliament’s strong support for a new Safer Internet Programme

The European Parliament cast an overwhelmingly positive vote on 22 October, 2008, on the report drafted by MEP Roberta Angelilli supporting the launch of a new EU Safer Internet programme. The 5-year programme (2009–13), proposed by the European Commission last February, will have a budget of € 55 million to combat illegal online content but also to tackle illegal and harmful conduct such as grooming and cyberbullying.