Press Release: Let’s listen to children: They know how to make the Internet a safer place!

On 12 February, 2008, 100 organisations in over 50 countries worldwide celebrated Safer Internet Day. In Brussels a first ever pan-European Youth Forum on Safer Internet was organised by the European Commission with the participation of Meglena Kuneva, the EU's Consumer Commissioner. The purpose was to increase dialogue between children and decision makers on safer Internet issues and to raise awareness of the best ways for protecting minors online. Safer Internet Day was organised under the patronage of the EU's Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding.