Important notice: The Youth Manifesto website is no longer being maintained or updated, even though initiatives inspired by the Youth Manifesto outcome and its principles are still being developed. Following the launch of the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) portal which aims to provide a central hub of information and resources on internet safety including a dedicated youth corner, the content of the Youth Manifesto website has been gradually migrated there. You can still download the Youth Manifesto publication here. Regularly-updated content on youth activities from across the Insafe network of European Safer Internet Centres is now made available here. You can also subscribe to our quarterly Better Internet for Kids (BIK) bulletin to keep informed of better internet issues. Each edition provides a topical focus article looking at the latest online trends, with features from youth, industry and the research community, along with a mix of news and resources from other key stakeholders. For further information, please contact us at bik-info@eun.org. 
News For a better internet today and tomorrow 25/06/2014 "Rights that people have offline must also be protected online, in accordance with international human rights legal obligations". This is one of the of the main ideas that came up at the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, also referred to as NETmundial, that took place in April 2014 in São Paulo, Brazil. During the dialogue, stakeholders identified shared values and human rights as the principles on which the internet should be based. These include the right to freedom of expression; the right to peaceful assembly and association online including on social networks; the right to privacy; the right to internet access including access for the disabled and disadvantaged; the right to access information online; and the right to use the internet as a tool for sustainable development. We take the internet for granted in our daily lives but what we do not always realise is that the World Wide Web is just twenty-five years old. The internet, as we see it today, will evolve and might be radically different in a couple of years. It is thus very important for us to understand the issues related to internet usage and also to ensure that we become a part of discussion. URL:../news Editor: Rupinder Arora |
