Laura Ballarín Cereza

4 a. Stresses the vital role of the EU in strengthening democracy worldwide, particularly in these challenging times, through its electoral observation missions;

29. Calls for a clear earmarked budget for human rights and democracy in the future MFF; stresses that the EU budget needs to be protected also for external use and that the budget constitutes an...

– having regard to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Council Recommendation on Children in the Digital Environment, published in 2021,

13 f. Video games

6 g. Emphasises that the risk assessments conducted by very large online platforms and search engines under the DSA concerning minors’ online safety are insufficient, lack independent...

13 c. Stresses that pictures and videos of children as well as their identities are often exploited for commercial gain in ‘sharenting’ and ‘childfluencing’ practices without the child’s...

J f. whereas some online video games use data collection and advertisements to monetise their user base, creating an incentive to get users, including minors and children, to spend as much...

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...

– having regard to its resolution of 18 January 2023 on consumer protection in online video games: a European single market approach,

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

7 d. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious digital fairness act as early as possible to strengthen the protection of minors online; believes that persuasive technologies used by...

G a. whereas unfair commercial practices cost consumers EUR 7.9 billion annually, with younger age groups experiencing the highest levels of detriment; whereas the use of unfair techniques to...

10 a. Highlights that age assurance practices are currently fragmented across the EU, contributing to internal market fragmentation; regrets that these differing national approaches may result...

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...

11 a. Emphasises that addictive design features are embedded in the business models of platforms and other online service providers (including messaging services), leading to the commercial...

– 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...

11 b. Welcomes the inclusion of and the importance accorded to age assurance mechanisms in the Commission’s guidelines on the protection of minors; welcomes the Commission’s current work on a...

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;...

13 a. Draws attention to the need for stronger protection of minors against behavioural monitoring and influencing; recalls that the DSA prohibits targeted advertising based on profiling of...

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,...

13 d. Urges the Commission to prohibit commercial practices involving the direct or indirect promotion by influencers of products, trends, challenges or behaviours that are harmful to minors,...

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...

20 a. Calls on the Commission to reinforce the work of the announced expert group on the protection of minors online,...

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,...

1. Stresses that addressing the impact of social media on young people requires a unified strategy combining safety-by- design, algorithmic transparency and control, privacy-first age...

16 a. Urges the Member States to implement Article 7 of the AVMSD, obliging them to ensure, without undue delay, that services provided by media service providers under their jurisdiction are...