Better Internet for Kids

The National Strategy for Digitalisation builds on nine goals, denominated as “visions of the strategy”, for a national society adapted to the possibilities of digital technology. The strategy includes collaboration between public and private institutions and civil society. Regarding children and young people, the proposal addresses digital education and  skills, child protection measures, and funding for schools.
(Source: Website).

Entities responsible for implementation:
Danish Government

The Federal Youth Representation Act (B-JVG), which was put into force in 2001, concerns the participation of children and young people in decision-making processes in the country. It guarantees by law that their voices and opinions are heard.
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Entities responsible for implementation: Federal Chancellery Republic of Austria/Bundeskanzleramt Österreich.

Under Iceland's Media Act No 38/2011, the Media Commission is given responsibility for promoting media literacy and protecting children from harmful content online or in the media, including potentially harmful commercial content such as content promoting harmful substances (Article 28) and protecting children against inappropriate advertisements and online shopping (Article 38).
(Source: BIK Policy Monitor 2024).

Entities responsible for implementation: The Icelandic Media Commission.

 

This document sets out the strategy for the  National Media and Infocommunications Authority  for the period 2023-2026 and sets out the following strategic road map: 

The Strategy aims to prevent and combat all forms of antisemitism, especially online; protect and support Jewish life in the EU; and promote education, research and Holocaust remembrance, in the EU and globally. The Commission supports Member States to prevent all forms of discrimination against children, including antisemitism, in schools, in sport and other activities, as well as online. Every European child should learn about Jewish life and culture, the history of the Holocaust and antisemitism, as part of Europe’s history.

The preventive plan aims to advance requirements for children to access restricted content and goods, including through online access. It also addresses electronic age verification in physical stores and in the digital environment through the use of Denmark's digital identity system, MitID.
(Source: Prevention Plan)

Entities responsible for implementation: Danish Government.

The Centre for Social Media, Tech and Democracy has been established as part of the Media Agreement 2023-2026. The Centre contributes knowledge about users' mental well-being, about the importance and consequences of tech giants for Danish media, and about the impact the spread of misinformation and disinformation on digital platforms has on the democratic conversation.

The Children and Youth Plan is the central funding instrument for child and youth welfare at federal level. Funding from the KJP supports the services and the performance of other tasks for the benefit of young people and families in accordance with Section 2 of the Social Code Book VIII and creates incentives by securing, strengthening and further developing child and youth welfare as well as by creating framework conditions for an efficient federal infrastructure for child and youth welfare.

The German Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Human Dignity and the Protection of Minors in Broadcasting and in Telemedia (JMStV) came into force as an interstate treaty between the German federal states on 1 April 2003. It defines the standards of protection for broadcasting and telemedia. On 7 November 2020, amendments to the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media (JMStV) came into force.