The Commission Adopts Protection and Empowerment Strategy for Children in the Online World

The European Commission (“the Commission”) has adopted a new European strategy for a Better Internet for Kids (BIK+), to improve age-appropriate digital services and to ensure that every child is protected, empowered, and respected online.

The new European strategy for a Better Internet for Kids is the digital arm of the Commission's comprehensive EU strategy on the rights of the child and reflects the digital principle ‘Children and young people should be protected and empowered online'. It has been adopted today together with a proposal for new EU legislation to protect children against sexual abuse.

Moreover, the strategy follows the recent landmark provisional political agreement on the Digital Services Act (DSA), which contains new safeguards for the protection of minors and prohibits online platforms from displaying targeted advertising based on profiling to minors.

The new European strategy for a Better Internet for Kids sets out the vision for a Digital Decade for children and youth, based on three key pillars:

  1. Safe Digital Experiences
  2. Digital Empowerment
  3. Active Participation

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