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Helping Malta's families and educators keep children safe online.

A Safer Internet for Malta

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Get to Know Us

Be Smart Online is Malta's national Safer Internet Centre, promoting safer and more responsible use of digital technologies for children, young people and families.

Helpline

The internet helpline is an extension of Support line 179 and aims to offer support to individuals that reach them via telephone on free phone 179 or email 179.appogg@gov.mt

The Hotline is an online reporting system which provides a secure and confidential environment where members of the public can anonymously report websites that host content related to online child abuse. Reports are received through https://childwebalert.gov.mt/

Hotline

Youth Panel

Young people have a right to participate and be involved in decisions and initiatives that concern them. The BeSmartOnline! awareness team rely on children and young people themselves to keep up to date with new trends and also to identify the most effective ways of creating awareness about online safety for children.  

Partners

Foundation for Social Welfare Services
Commissioner for Children
Ministry for Education
Malta Police - Cyber crime unit

Supporting partners

University of Malta
Foundation for Educational Services (FES)
Secretary for Catholic Education

BeSmartOnline! strongly advocates against cyberbullying as we are continuously made aware of how it can greatly affect the victim, leaving a dent in the young person's state of mind, emotional well-being, and behaviour.

The Travellers, in collaboration with our project, managed to vividly capture the trauma cyberbullying can cause in their song Simili. We encourage you to share this message with their song so that it unifies us to take a stand against violence and bullying at school including cyberbullying.

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