Laura Ballarín Cereza

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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;...

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...

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...

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...

19 b. Urges online platforms to have profiling-based algorithms turned off by default for children, to prioritise user- provided explicit signals for content personalisation, and to provide...

– 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 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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

D c. whereas dark patterns and addictive designs, which are intentionally crafted to manipulate consumer choices or prolong their engagement with platforms, undermine consumer autonomy and...

13 f. Video games

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...

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...