The Digital Services Act aims to create a safer digital space where the fundamental rights of users are protected. Under Art 28, providers of online platforms accessible to minors must put in place appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety, and security of minors, on their service. The Digital Services Act imposes on all providers of digital services obligations to protect minors from illegal content online. They must write their terms and conditions in a way that children can understand. Furthermore, all online platforms, such as social media or interactive games platforms, will have particular obligations to ensure safety and security of children on their services, and will be prohibited from presenting advertisement to children based on their profiling. The Digital Services Act requires very large online platforms to assess any risks their services might pose to minors and to reduce risks that can negatively affect their physical and mental well-being. As part of measures to reduce these risks, very large online platforms shall adopt solutions to ensure that its use does not for example lead to addictive behavior. In this regard, very large online platforms will have to adopt targeted measures to protect children, including parental control tools, and tools aimed at helping children to signal abuse or obtain support.
(Source: EC Compendium of BIK-related legislation).
The Digital Services Act aims to create a safer digital space where the fundamental rights of users are protected. Under Art 28, providers of online platforms accessible to minors must put in place appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety, and security of minors, on their service. The Digital Services Act imposes on all providers of digital services obligations to protect minors from illegal content online. They must write their terms and conditions in a way that children can understand. Furthermore, all online platforms, such as social media or interactive games platforms, will have particular obligations to ensure safety and security of children on their services, and will be prohibited from presenting advertisement to children based on their profiling. The Digital Services Act requires very large online platforms to assess any risks their services might pose to minors and to reduce risks that can negatively affect their physical and mental well-being. As part of measures to reduce these risks, very large online platforms shall adopt solutions to ensure that its use does not for example lead to addictive behavior. In this regard, very large online platforms will have to adopt targeted measures to protect children, including parental control tools, and tools aimed at helping children to signal abuse or obtain support.
(Source: EC Compendium of BIK-related legislation).
