Safe Internet Center launches accessible online resources

Resources with audio description, Libras and subtitles were presented in the session “Make a difference for a Better Internet”. The event was held on October 11, in the atrium of the Casa do Futuro at the Portuguese Communications Foundation.

Net com Consciência is the latest project produced by the Centro Internet Segura (Cis.pt) that characterizes some of the online behaviors of the new generation of young people. Thinking about people with special needs, the web series was adapted with audio description , sign language and subtitles in Portuguese and English.

This production of ten videos aims to promote safe browsing and responsible use of the Internet, as well as encourage the reporting of malicious and illegal content online through the Safe Internet line. Facilitating access to digital content for anyone, in any context is now one of the priorities of this project.

Actors Alexandre Silva, Pedro Górgia and Tiago Aldeia, who in the series play the “Online Consciousness” of two teenagers, launched the adapted versions. The program included the presentation of the promotional spot for Linha Internet Segura , developed by IPDJ, which is being broadcast on RTP2, and also the animation Há vida offline from Projeto SeguraNet (DGE).

The students present also participated in the Quiz “And you, do you make a difference?” about the online behaviors seen in the videos. At the end, the actors hosted a Photobooth session to interact with the participants.

This initiative is one of the awareness-raising actions undertaken by Cis.pt, with the aim of promoting resources developed in Portugal in favor of the critical use of the Internet and online technologies among children, young people and citizens in general.

The Safe Internet Center is a consortium led by FCT, which involves the Directorate-General for Education (DGE), the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth (IPDJ), Microsoft Portugal and the PT Foundation.