MEPs propose bans on harmful practices like addictive design and gambling-like game features, and a minimum age of 16 for social media access.

Parliament debates and votes on a report calling for accelerating the enforcement of the EU Digital Services Act and the AI Act, while closing legal gaps to ensure online services are safe for minors to use. Sounding the alarm over the mental health risks and rising social media addiction among children and adolescents, MEPs want to ban the most harmful addictive practices for minors and for the EU to take action against persuasive technologies and practices such as targeted ads, influencer marketing, addictive design, loot boxes and dark patterns. The text proposes a common EU-wide minimum age threshold of 16 years for accessing social media platforms and the development of privacy preserving age assurance systems.

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SCHALDEMOSE, Christel (S&D, DK)

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EP Plenary debate on the protection of minors online

MEPs debate on the protection of minors online. MEPs debate a report calling for accelerating the enforcement of the EU Digital Services Act and the AI Act, while closing legal gaps to ensure online services are safe for minors to use. Sounding the alarm over the mental health risks and rising social media addiction among children and adolescents, MEPs want to ban the most harmful addictive practices for minors and for the EU to take action against persuasive technologies and practices such as targeted ads, influencer marketing, addictive design, loot boxes and dark patterns. The text proposes a common EU-wide minimum age threshold of 16 years for accessing social media platforms and the development of privacy preserving age assurance systems.

Protection of minors online: MEPs debate (part 1)

Protection of minors online: MEPs debate (part 3)

Protection of minors online: MEPs debate (part 2)

Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D, DA), Rapporteur, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, and Ivaylo VALCHEV (ECR, BG), CULT Committee open the debate on the protection of minors online. MEPs debate a report calling for accelerating the enforcement of the EU Digital Services Act and the AI Act, while closing legal gaps to ensure online services are safe for minors to use. Sounding the alarm over the mental health risks and rising social media addiction among children and adolescents, MEPs want to ban the most harmful addictive practices for minors and for the EU to take action against persuasive technologies and practices such as targeted ads, influencer marketing, addictive design, loot boxes and dark patterns. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Protection of minors online: opening statements by Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D, DA), Rapporteur, Henna VIRKKUNEN Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Ivaylo VALCHEV (ECR, BG), CULT Committee

Michael MCGRATH, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law, and Consumer Protection, and Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D, DK), Rapporteur, close the debate on the protection of minors online. MEPs debate a report calling for accelerating the enforcement of the EU Digital Services Act and the AI Act, while closing legal gaps to ensure online services are safe for minors to use. Sounding the alarm over the mental health risks and rising social media addiction among children and adolescents, MEPs want to ban the most harmful addictive practices for minors and for the EU to take action against persuasive technologies and practices such as targeted ads, influencer marketing, addictive design, loot boxes and dark patterns. The text proposes a common EU-wide minimum age threshold of 16 years for accessing social media platforms and the development of privacy preserving age assurance systems.

Protection of minors online: closing statements by Michael MCGRATH, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law, and Consumer Protection, and Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D, DK), Rapporteur

This infoclip shows young children watching videos and playing games on mobile devices and computers, parents searching on the internet for parental control tools and creating children’s friendly profiles on viewing platforms and gaming platforms, parents checking the content their children are accessing and setting up restrictions such as screen time restrictions on devices. It is also illustrating parents attending a training on online protection of children (provided by Child focus organisation). A growing number of children are navigating digital environments not designed for them. There is therefore a discussion on whether to enhance the protection of minors online. The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) has adopted an own-initiative report with recommendations for safer digital environments for minors.

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