Laura Ballarín Cereza

13. Underlines that the Digital Fairness Fitness Check 2024 reveals that only 20 % of influencers systematically indicate the commercial nature of the content they share; stresses...

C b. whereas establishing the age of users is important for digital safety-by- design mechanisms, as services will only be able to protect children from unsafe content and behaviours if they...

6 a. Stresses that the AI Act aims to ensure a high level of protection for individuals’ health, safety and fundamental rights, including the rights of the child, and includes key provisions...

Highlights concerns that many parents either lack effective tools to monitor and manage their children’s online activities or are unaware of the options available; points out that even when...

B. whereas social media use among European minors aged 9-16 has more than doubled since 2010, now averaging 3 hours per day, with over 80 % using social media platforms daily, making...

C a. whereas recent research indicates that engagement in digital self-harm significantly raises the likelihood of suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts;

J a. whereas studies carried out in several Member States show that minors have access to pornographic content, sometimes involuntarily, at a very young age; whereas according to a study...

J e. whereas Article 34 of the DSA states that very large online platforms (VLOPs) and very large online search engines (VLOSES) must identify and assess the systemic risks to children’s...

6 f. Stresses the need for the prompt implementation and strict enforcement of the DSA as a whole to ensure a safe online environment for minors; welcomes, in particular, the Commission’s...

11. Urges online platforms to take accountability in protecting minors from harmful or manipulative content, by complying with the highest levels of safety, privacy and security, as...

G e. whereas generative AI presents opportunities for young people such as personalised learning and tools to support their creativity, but also poses serious risks to young people such as the...

13 g. Voices its concern that video games are becoming an increasingly commercialised environment for minors, often involving the sale of virtual items, including chance-based rewards and...

B a. whereas in 2024, the share of young people using the internet daily in the EU was 97 % on average; whereas in 2024, 87 % of 16- to 29-year-olds in the EU used social networks, compared to...

B b. whereas in OECD countries, on average, 95 % of 15-year-olds browse the internet for fun, and 96 % report browsing social networks; whereas most 15-year-olds also use digital devices for...

7 e. Urges the Commission, through the forthcoming digital fairness act, to review the list of unfair commercial practices in Annex I of the UCPD in order to explicitly prohibit dark patterns,...

G c. whereas the protection of consumers is essential for the functioning of the EU’s internal market, as it ensures trust and fairness in commercial practices, thereby enabling sustainable...

13 n. Calls on the Commission to put forward an EU video game strategy that unlocks the economic, social, educational, cultural and innovative potential of this sector to enable it to become a...

6. Stresses that the increasing ease of access and use of generative AI tools for minors, as well as the growing presence of AI-driven youth-facing services, such as chatbots,...

J g. whereas the lack of a robust, cross-border comparable evidence base on mental health and digital environments poses a challenge for researchers and policymakers; whereas the establishment...

– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989, which elaborates on how the Convention applies in the digital environment and explicitly recognises that...

D b. whereas there is no single comprehensive EU regulation on dark patterns; whereas the prohibition of dark patterns under the Digital Services Act (DSA) is limited to online platforms;...

10 b. Notes that several online platform providers have introduced mechanisms to control or verify access to their services; stresses, however, that minors still have widespread access to age-...

2 d. Stresses the need to strengthen cooperation among national competent authorities and between national competent authorities and the Commission, as this is essential for the implementation...

C. whereas social media exposes young users to a wide range of harmful content, including cyberbullying, sexualised material, disinformation, body image pressures, the promotion of self- harm,...

F. whereas social media influencers significantly shape young people’s behaviours, consumption habits and opinions (such as promoting unhealthy food for children); whereas...

I. whereas the current EU legal framework, including the General Data Protection Regulation, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), the DSA and the Artificial Intelligence Act, provides...

– having regard to its resolution of 10 November 2022 on esports and video games,

6 d. Underlines that the DSA obliges online platforms accessible to minors to implement appropriate and proportionate measures to guarantee a high level of privacy, safety and security for...

7 c. Welcomes the Commission’s ‘digital fairness’ fitness check of consumer law; underlines that some issues remain unaddressed concerning the protection of consumers online, with minors...

D. whereas social media platform features are designed to maximise engagement, such as infinite scrolling and compulsive engagement with notifications, and to foster addictive use,...