#cuoriconnessi, how to prevent bullying and cyberbullying. Police Chief Pisani: discussion with parents and teachers important
The project carried out for 10 years by the Police and Unieuro aims to raise awareness and inform on the issues
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Raising awareness and informing on the issues of cyberbullying and promoting a conscious use of the web and technology: this is the aim of the #cuoriconnessi project, carried out for 10 years by the State Police with Unieuro. The meeting was held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone in Rome, on the occasion of Sid, Safer Internet Day, the world day for online safety. Over 1,200 students were in the audience and more than 241,000 streamed in from all over Italia.
Police Chief Pisani: discussion with parents and teachers important
The Chief of Police, Prefect Vittorio Pisani, emphasised the importance of discussions with parents and teachers to identify those "symptomatic indicators, often the result of a distorted use of technologies, and to gather useful suggestions to translate into educational pills aimed at preventing the occurrence of hateful phenomena such as cyberbullying". Pisani emphasised how the collaboration between the State Police and Unieuro over the past 10 years "has allowed us to get closer to the needs of families in order to create together increasingly effective protection".
A format for speaking the same language as the children
A format that was revamped to speak the same language as the youngsters, led by journalist Luca Pagliari, two content creators, Emily Shaqiri and Alessandro Tomatis, as well as the participation in the room of Pier Glionna, Anastasia di Lorenzo, Nate Iacono. The Director of the Postal Police and Cyber Security Ivano Gabrielli and Bruna Olivieri, Country Manager of Unieuro, also spoke. "In recent years," stressed Bruna Olivieri, "we have distributed two and a half million copies of our books free of charge in shops, online, and through the Cyber Security Operations Centres. Books that have reached tens of thousands of teachers and students throughout Italia and have become valuable vehicles for discussion and reflection, in the classroom and at home. With #cuoriconnessi we don't talk to children from above and we don't judge, but we listen and tell their stories".
Paths of rebirth after encountering bullies
One of the most touching stories was that of Katia and Nello Cascone, parents of Alessandro, victim of cyberbullying, who recounted their experience and how, through their pain, they found the strength to commit themselves to avoid the same suffering for others. Also on stage was Iris di Domenico, a young content creator and radio speaker, who shared her journey of rebirth after episodes of bullying and her point of view on the digital world, from a perspective close to her peers.
