European Commission - Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
European Commission - Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
03/05/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/05/2026 06:03
Commission holds first meeting of Special Panel on child safety online
Today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hosted the first meeting of the Special Panel on child safety online.
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The panel, announced in the 2025 State of the Union address, will provide expert recommendations to better protect and empower children online and will explore the need for potential harmonised age restrictions to access social media.
President Ursula von der Leyen said:
For decades, we have made the real world safer for children and we must do the same in the digital world. The positive opportunities that technology offers cannot come at the cost of their safety, health or happiness. In Europe, tech platforms already have a responsibility to ensure the safety of users and we will continue to ensure they do so. But we must also do more to protect and empower our young people online. That is why I have convened this panel: to forge a strong, realistic, European approach to keep our children safe in the digital age.
Read the full press release and find further information about the special panel on child safety online.
Related to child safety online, you can also read more about:
- the Digital Services Act (DSA) and its Guidelines on the protection of minors
- the Safer Internet Centres under the Better Internet for Kids Strategy (BIK+)
- the Cyberbullying Action Plan
- the EU Age Verification solution
- the Communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health
- the EU rules to combat child sexual abuse online
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