Research for CULT Committee – Child Safety Online: Definition of the Problem

Please note: Each In-Depth Analysis is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This briefing paper addresses the definition and scope of children’s online safety as a policy issue and process. The paper draws on evidence of risks that children may encounter in the course of their use of the Internet. This is one of three briefing papers* requested by the CULT Committee to assist in its assessment of the requirements to ensure adequate support for protection of minors and children’s wellbeing in the digital age.

* The two other briefing reports can be accessed by the hyperlinks below

+ Research for CULT Committee - Recommendations for EU policy developments on the protection of minors in the digital age

This briefing paper provides information, analysis and recommendations regarding future EU policy developments on the protection of minors in the digital age to support the CULT Committee’s deliberations. Focusing on developments since 2012, it identifies recent policy developments at EU level, evaluates existing EU initiatives and instruments, and recommends further action by the European Commission and other stakeholders.

+ Research for CULT Committee - Solutions and policy dilemmas regarding minors' protection online

This briefing paper addresses the various regulatory instruments that may be adopted to realise the full range of child rights in the digital environment, and identifies a number of policy dilemmas that arise in this context.

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European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, February 2018: Research for CULT Committee - Recommendations for EU policy developments on the protection of minors in the digital age http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/617454/IPOL_IDA(2018)617454_EN.pdf

European Commission: COM (2012) 196 final (2.5.12): Communication ... European strategy for a better internet for children http://www.europeansources.info/record/communication-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-the-council-the-european-economic-and-social-committee-and-the-committee-of-the-regions-european-strategy-for-a-better-internet-for-chi/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, February 2018: Research for CULT Committee - Solutions and policy dilemmas regarding minors' protection online http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/617455/IPOL_IDA(2018)617455_EN.pdf

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, February 2018: Research for CULT Committee - Child Safety Online: Definition of the Problem http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/602016/IPOL_IDA(2018)602016_EN.pdf

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