Guys, on social media with a lot of responsibility. In Matera on the police truck

That “Do not open to strangers” repeated in reality is an advice to the sense of responsibility and common sense to be strengthened and respected in the virtual world, that of social networks of all configurations, to avoid having bad encounters while sailing from one port to another. ‘other of the web. And the invitation that the State Police addressed to Matera, on the occasion of the “A social life” campaign is aimed at young people and those, starting with families, who are called upon to monitor where, how and also for how long play on the web from a computer or smartphone. Thus 200 children from some city schools took part in field lessons, attending film screenings and speaking with managers and agents of the State Police of the various specialisations, starting with the Postal Police. Many questions and useful advice on how to move around the web to avoid unpleasant surprises. And advice also came from the Polstrada who showed in the field what happens when you drive while intoxicated, under the influence of drugs or “distracted” with your mobile phone. Correct lifestyles and eyes and ears wide open and an invitation to families and schools – as Commissioner Emma Ivagnes recalled – to follow the children. The social life campaign starts here and with the “connected generations” in a responsible way.

MATERA POLICE HEADQUARTERS
PRESS RELEASE
The State Police truck in Matera to meet students with the legality education campaign “A social life”
The State Police truck stopped in Matera, engaged in the traveling legality education campaign “A social life”, now in its eleventh edition, aimed at students and teachers of lower and upper secondary schools.
The truck, which has been stationed in the central Via Don Minzoni throughout the morning, has been transformed into a multimedia classroom set up with the latest generation communication technologies, to welcome the school groups of the capital who have joined the initiative: IC Pascoli, IC Minozzi, IC Semeria, IC Torraca, IIS Turi, IIS Morra, IIS Loperfido-Olivetti and IIS Stigliani.

The Police Commissioner of Matera Emma Ivagnes addressed the children present this morning to underline the importance of the initiative, promoted by the State Police in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Merit, which carries out work to raise awareness and prevent risks and dangers of the Internet for minors. “This and other legality education initiatives” stated the Police Commissioner “are designed to encourage the meeting and discussion of qualified operators of the State Police with a large number of students – today there are around 200 students taking part in the initiative – to discuss together topics of great interest and relevance for young people, such as the problems linked to the use of the Internet, looking at them with a particular approach, that of those who have the task of enforcing the law and guaranteeing the safety of communities and individuals. In short, it is essential to work together, the State Police and the school world, to promote the culture of prevention and implement the growth of civil and democratic society.”
The iconic truck symbol of “Una vita da social” left this year from Sanremo, where it stopped for the 74th edition of the Italian Song Festival, and then continued throughout the country, where it has already touched many Italian cities.

The most important and impressive traveling educational campaign of the Postal Police, developed as part of the “Connected Generations” project and created with the support of Google, therefore talks about online safety, social networks and cyberbullying and this year is also enriched with in-depth information on traffic education and combating all forms of discrimination. In addition to the operators of the Postal Police, in fact, there will be personnel from the Observatory for Security against Discriminatory Acts of the Central Directorate of the Criminal Police, together with personnel from the Traffic Police.

A Social Life over the years has garnered great consensus: Postal Police operators have met over 3 million students, both in the streets and in schools, 247,000 parents, 142,000 teachers for a total of 21,000 schools, over 600 cities reached in the area and two Twitter and Facebook pages with 135,000 likes and 12 million monthly users on online security topics.

Once again the State Police takes the field alongside the Ministry of Education and Merit for a great objective: to ensure that the rampant phenomenon of cyberbullying and all the various forms of abuse connected to a distorted use of technologies does not cause more victims.

The objective of the initiative, in fact, is to prevent episodes of violence, harassment, defamation and online harassment, through a work of accountability regarding the use of the “word”. Through the logbook www.facebook.com/unavitadasocial/, students will be able to launch their positive message against cyberbullying.