Every year on the second Tuesday of February, the world celebrates Safe Internet Day. In 2004, European organizations Insafe and European SchoolNet initiated the creation of such an event. In Ukraine, it started to be celebrated only in 2009 thanks to the Microsoft company.

the purpose Safe Internet Day there is the involvement of society and authorities in the dissemination of mechanisms for safe activities on the Internet. At the same time, they discuss the problem of ethical communication, which should not contain manifestations of terrorism, discrimination and disrespect. An important issue is the use of the Internet by children and young people. The problem of child pornography is also very acute.

In order to increase Internet security, it is necessary to inform users about existing problems, develop protection mechanisms and tools for destroying illegal information.