This year Safer Internet Day will be celebrated on 7 February (Tuesday) to promote a safer Internet for all users, mainly children, and young people. The day is observed to raise awareness about the dire need of staying safe online. MAin objective od this day is to spread awareness about emerging online issues and current concerns.

• This year's theme for Safer Internet Day is "Together for a better internet". It focuses on all stakeholders joining together to make the internet a safer and better place for all, mainly for children and young people.
• The day started as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004. It was taken up by the Insafe network as one of its earliest actions in 2005.