The State Police will be present at the week of the Italian Song Festival of Sanremo with the 7th edition of “Una vita da social”, a traveling educational campaign on the topics of social networks, cyberbullying, network security, violation of online privacy and copyright .
The link between music and the network is getting stronger: 9 out of 10 children listen to unreleased songs thanks to the internet over 2 out of 3 teenagers listen to music thanks to smartphones,
Also this year "Una Vita d Social" is underway, the most important and impressive itinerant educational campaign ever carried out in the world by a Police Body in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, on awareness and risk prevention and dangers of social networks and in particular cyberbullying.
A project in step with the times of social networks and new generations that allows you to know the opportunities of the web by avoiding falling into the many traps of the internet.
Once again Institutions and civil society together with the State Police for one big goal: "to make the network ever more secure after the serious episodes of the news and the rampant phenomenon of cyberbullying and all the various forms of abuse associated with distorted use of the network ".
The initiative, which started last September from L'Aquila in the presence of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, has already reached over 30 cities and, on the occasion of the Italian Song Festival, also Sanremo, before resuming the journey to another 30 locations on the National territory.
The operators of the Postal Police, through an 18-meter truck set up with a multimedia teaching room with internet stations, every morning, from 4 to 8 February from 09.00 to 19.00 in Piazza Colombo and from 09.00 to 11.00 at the Palafiori congress center in the as part of the collateral activities of Casasanremo, they will hold meetings through a simple but explicit language suitable for all age groups, with students, parents, teachers and civil society on the safe, aware, responsible and critical use of the internet. Over 1000 students will take part in the workshops on the educational truck, where they will also be surprised to see the protagonists of the 70th Sanremo Festival.
As for previous editions, the Facebook and Twitter page "A social life" could not be missing, where the activities and impressions of young internet users will be posted during all the "Sanremo" days on board the Truck.
The link between music, the undisputed protagonist of the Sanremo event and the Net is increasingly close in the younger generations whose songs travel through the internet and digital instruments, in fact over 2 teenagers out of 3 listen to music especially on smartphones.
Overall, therefore, over 9 out of 10 children listen to unreleased tracks using internet connectivity.
Legality behaviors are growing: half of the interviewees pay a regular subscription rather than using the free service with advertising.
"The State Police for over ten years has been strongly involved in educational projects on these issues, however with the itinerant project a social life we have set ourselves the goal of reaching also adults, who play a decisive role in ensuring that the experience of using the web by children is a great opportunity "- said Cesare Capocasa, Quaestor of the Province of Imperia. "Thanks to the information training activities - continues Capocasa - we have seen a growing awareness that defending yourself is possible, complaints have increased, the perception that everyone is responsible for what they do online has increased and even a gesture made as a joke can have serious consequences. This year we wanted to enhance awareness-raising activities with the presence of the blue coach of the Traffic Police and of the Jeeps of the Railway Police in Piazza Borea D'Olmo ".