This white paper establishes Norway’s national strategy to safeguard children and youth up to age 18 in an increasingly digital environment. It addresses high screen time, algorithmic influence, commercial exploitation, cyberbullying, exposure to harmful content, and data privacy risks. Adopting a precautionary approach based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the policy balances digital participation with robust protection. Key priorities include regulating technology companies, enforcing age verification standards, restricting targeted behavioural advertising to minors, strengthening digital competence among parents and educators, and promoting safer digital learning tools across schools and kindergartens to foster healthy development. The paper also underpins proposals such as a potential social media age limit of 15.
This white paper establishes Norway’s national strategy to safeguard children and youth up to age 18 in an increasingly digital environment. It addresses high screen time, algorithmic influence, commercial exploitation, cyberbullying, exposure to harmful content, and data privacy risks. Adopting a precautionary approach based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the policy balances digital participation with robust protection. Key priorities include regulating technology companies, enforcing age verification standards, restricting targeted behavioural advertising to minors, strengthening digital competence among parents and educators, and promoting safer digital learning tools across schools and kindergartens to foster healthy development. The paper also underpins proposals such as a potential social media age limit of 15.
- screen time data privacy digital literacy
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