How is the EU keeping children and young people safe online? - June Lowery DG CNECT, European Commission
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How is the EU keeping
children and young people safe online?
June Lowery DG CNECT, European Commission
ITU Forum for Europe on Child Online Protection
26.11.20201
This Commission’s six headline ambitions in
the Political Guidelines 2019-2024
A Europe fit for the digital age An economy that works for the
A European Green Deal people
Becoming the first climate-neutral continent Grasping the opportunities from the digital
age within safe and ethical boundaries Working for social fairness and prosperity
A new push for European
A stronger Europe in the world Promoting our European way of life democracy
Strengthening our unique brand of Promoting a Union of diversity, standing up
responsible global leadership for justice and our values Nurturing, protecting and strengthening our
democracy
https://ec.europa.eu/info/priorities_en
https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/political-guidelines-next-commission_en_0.pdf
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The BIK strategy 2012 COM/2012/0196 final
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By Brian O’Neill for the presentation of the BIK map tool at the MS expert group on 20/11/19
What is the EC doing to help? 1/2
• The European Strategy for a Better Internet for Children
• EU laws to protect/empower children online, e.g.
• Directive 2011/93/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation
of children and child pornography (CSA/CSE) Regulation
• EU Strategy for a more effective fight against child sexual abuse (July 2020) Coordination
• Revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD)
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Strategy
• new Consumer Agenda 2020-2025 (children as vulnerable consumers)
Funding
• Digital Education Action Plan 2 (2020; basic digital skills)
• Digital Services Act (proposal due in 2020)
• new Strategy on the Rights of the Child (due in 2021)
• Further legislative proposal on CSA (due in 2021)
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What is the EC doing to help? 2/2
• Funding: coordination & portal & Safer Internet Centres in EU, UK, Iceland,
Norway
https://www.betterinternetforkids.eu/web/portal/policy/insafe-inhope
=> Covid-19 mini campaign:
https://www.betterinternetforkids.eu/en-GB/practice/articles/article?id=5882569
• Cooperation – with Member States, industry & civil society
(Alliance to better protect minors online)
• Pilot projects: age verification & parental tools; fight against CSAM
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• Research: CORE project
Better Internet for Kids
Coordination of EU-wide network
HELPLINES in MS Single entry point to online tools and services for EU citizens
Free for all children, and the Safer Internet community
parents and teachers #SaferInternet4EU
Reached over 63 million EU
citizens in 2018-2019, with
“Awareness-raising”
over 2800 new resources on
• empower and protect children
online safety, cyber-hygiene
online
and media literacy
• raise awareness of online
opportunities & risks and
foster digital literacy among ALLIANCE TO BETTER
minors, parents and teachers PROTECT MINORS ONLINE
Self-regulatory initiative with
YOUTH Ambassadors www.betterinternetforkids.eu leading ICT & media companies
Actively involving young and civil society to tackle harmful
people & children content and behaviour online
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS:
• SAFER INTERNET FORUM - Annual
HOTLINES multi-stakeholders conference to SAFER INTERNET FOR
To tackle the dissemination of discuss online safety and latest CHILDREN MS EXPERT
child sexual abuse material trends
GROUP
online • SAFER INTERNET DAY - Celebrated
in over 170 countries worldwide Forum to support the ongoing work in
Member States on child online safetyEU hub: www.betterinternetforkids.eu
Free national
helplines
for children,
families
& teachers
across the EU !
7#Pledge2Youth – we support Safer Internet Day in over 170 YOUth participation! countries
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