The 10 February 2026 was held on Safer Internet Day, International Safer Internet Awareness Day. This global initiative mobilises families, educators and institutions in over 200 countries to encourage young people to adopt more responsible digital practices.
In France, it was decided to extend this mobilisation over a longer period: the Safer Internet Days, from 10 February to 31 March. For almost two months, a large number of awareness-raising events were organised throughout the country.
The aim is to help young people to develop a healthy, balanced relationship with screens.
For this 2026 edition, the theme will focus in particular on mental health, with the slogan: «Screens and you... How's it going?»
Safer Internet Day is supported in France by Internet Without Fear, the national digital education programme run by Tralalere in collaboration with The e-Enfance Association / 3018 and Contact Point, within the French consortium of the European programme Safer Internet.
Educational resources to support families and educators
To mark Safer Internet Day, a large number of free resources are available free of charge: teaching kits, workshops, competitions, webinars, etc. These tools can be used to support parents, teachers and educators to talk to young people about digital well-being and encourage more responsible use of screens.
For its part, the e-Enfance / 3018 Association has taken action by publishing dozens of awareness-raising contents on its social networks, as well as advice sheets for parents and children, available for download from its website.
Concrete actions in schools
All over France, schools have been organising awareness-raising activities for students.
At the Jean Jaurès secondary school in Montauban, in partnership with Orange, pupils from 6ᵉ took part in an escape game entitled «The digital magicians».
Through this fun and collaborative activity, the pupils were able to discover several key messages for their digital well-being:
- protect your hearing by turning down the volume on your headphones
- take regular screen-free breaks
- adopt good sleeping habits, in particular by putting your phone on standby. aeroplane mode at night
This game-based approach enables young people to learning while having fun, by encouraging teamwork.
Other schools also got involved, offering activities tailored to the different levels of pupils. At collège Françoise-Dolto, for example, the team Headlight, committed to the fight against bullying at school, organised a day packed with events and activities. entertainment and discussion.
-For classes of 6ᵉ: a workshop on online hate content, to learn how to recognise them, protect against them and know how to react.
–For classes of 5ᵉ: participation in the Cyber-citizen fresco, a question-and-answer game about cyberbullying and responsible online behaviour.
–For 4ᵉ classes: one “Burger Quiz: some worrying comments”.”, This will enable pupils to identify problematic messages and understand how to react to dangerous content.
These workshops encourage reflection, exchange and awareness-raising on digital issues for teenagers.
Let's stay mobilised for a safer Internet
To follow the initiatives and discover new resources around the digital well-being, visit the Association e-Enfance's social networks / 3018.
And appointments next year for a new edition of Safer Internet Day.
Sources: 17 February - Le Petit Journal - by Mila and 13 February - Le Journal de la Haute-Marne
