Better Internet for Kids

En tryg barndom i en digital virkelighed ("A Safe Childhood in a Digital Reality") sets out Denmark's national strategy to curb algorithmic exposure and tech exploitation among youth. It establishes five core objectives: raising the entry age for social media and smartphones, ensuring digital devices carry child-friendly default settings, reducing online abuse and harassment, enforcing digital platform accountability, and spearheading stricter EU child protection standards.

This political agreement establishes a national framework to make Danish public schools (folkeskoler) and after-school care facilities (fritidstilbud) mobile-free environments. Building directly on recommendations from the Well-being Commission (Trivselskommissionen), the agreement aims to reduce digital distractions, improve student concentration, and foster stronger social communities. Under this framework, the Ministry of Children and Education develops a standard mobile-free policy for local implementation.

The Jutland Declaration sets out a shared political direction towards future initiatives from the EU Commission. The declaration calls for a European legal requirement for effective and privacy-preserving age verification on social media. It also calls for measures to create a safer online environment and to address harmful practices on digital services, such as addictive designs and dark patterns.

Issued by Lithuania’s Ministry of Education, Science, and Sports, this national policy initiative obligates all educational institutions to establish and enforce formal internal rules governing students' personal mobile phone and smart device usage. Developed alongside joint inter-ministerial recommendations, the measure restricts phone use during instructional hours and breaks to mitigate screen addiction, improve mental health, reduce distractions, and foster face-to-face peer interaction.

Jointly launched by the Irish government, this 10-year strategy establishes a national framework to foster core literacy, numeracy, and digital competences across all educational stages, from early learning through post-primary completion. Building on earlier reform initiatives, it addresses technological advances, multilingual diversity, and early intervention needs.

The Non-Violent Childhoods Action Plan 2026–2033 is Finland’s national, cross-administrative policy framework adopted at the government level to prevent all forms of violence against individuals aged 0–17. The plan is grounded in international human rights treaties, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Lanzarote Convention, and the Istanbul Convention, and contains 27 targeted national measures spanning early intervention, victim support, inter-agency collaboration, and monitoring tools like the Barnahus model.

This national strategy outlines a range of measures designed to position Ireland as a premier global digital leader and Applied AI hub. Digital Ireland contains 20 high-level Objectives, supported by 90 specific Deliverables, covering Public Services, Enterprise, Digital & AI Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Digital Regulation, Online Safety, and Skills and Talent.

Introduced by Luxembourg’s Ministry of Education, the KI Kompass strategy establishes a national framework for integrating artificial intelligence into primary and secondary schools responsibly. Rooted in the concept of "augmented intelligence," it positions AI as a human-centered co-agent rather than a substitute for human thought. The strategy introduces a three-tiered pedagogical progression: learning without AI (primary education focusing on foundational cognitive skills), learning about AI (lower secondary), and learning with AI (upper secondary).

Sécher.digital is Luxembourg's comprehensive national policy initiative promoting safe, balanced, and responsible digital media use among children and young people. Launched by Luxembourg’s Ministry of Education, Youth, and Children, the policy introduces strict school device guidelines, including a full ban on smartphones in primary education and enforced physical separation from phones during lessons in secondary schools.

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.