Worldwide celebrations for Safer Internet Day 2025
date: 31/03/2025
Over the years, Safer Internet Day (SID) has become a landmark event in the online safety calendar. Its first edition took place in 2004 as part of the EU-funded SafeBorders project under the European Commission’s first Safer Internet Action Plan. It was subsequently taken up by the EU co-funded Insafe network of Safer Internet Centres as one of its earliest actions in 2005. The celebration grew steadily over its first few editions and, in response to growing global interest, the concept of Safer Internet Day Committees was introduced in 2009 to strengthen the bonds with countries outside of the European network and capitalise on the harmonised promotion of the campaign across the world.
On Tuesday, 11 February 2025, we celebrated the 22nd edition of Safer Internet Day, with events and activities taking place right across the globe. With a theme, once again, of “Together for a better internet”, the day called upon all stakeholders to join together to make the internet a safer and better place for all, and especially for children and young people. The day was a great success, with celebrations spanning across all continents and, for the first time, for the whole month of February.
Highlights from this year’s Safer Internet Day include the brand new Safer Internet Day website and, more importantly, the new SID mascot Ally! Ally is fast, brave, well-equipped, and tech-savvy – a true companion for young people in the digital world. A new SID video was also produced to reflect these changes:
Click the image to view the new Safer Internet Day video on YouTube.
The celebration enjoyed widespread support from the EU institutions – including a press release from the European Commission, and dedicated video messages from Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen and Deputy Director-General of DG CONNECT Renate Nicolay, together with many other influential supporters who helped spread the word about SID online. Several articles about SID were also published in many news outlets and online magazines.
Find out more about SID celebrations worldwide on the BIK portal.