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  • Resource
  • Estonian Safer Internet Centre
  • 28 November 2025

The information material provides an overview of the terms of use of the most popular social media, content and messaging platforms, and gaming platforms, including how to report inappropriate and harmful content, configure privacy settings, and so on.

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  • Rule and guideline
  • advertising/commercialism

The Law of October 19, 2020 aimed at regulating the commercial exploitation of the image of children under the age of sixteen on online platforms. The law regulates the work of ""child influencers"" on online video platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc.). It fills a legal void because nothing was previously provided to protect them. It also gives them a right to digital oblivion that they can exercise alone without their parents.

  • France

  • Implemented 2020 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
Teenagers on social media.
  • Article
  • Austrian Safer Internet Centre
  • 13 February 2025

The Austrian Safer Internet Centre has revealed the most used social media platforms in Austria in 2024, as well as how users are diversifying the platforms they use.
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  • Article
  • Romanian Safer Internet Centre
  • 20 June 2024

Social platforms have become integral to our daily lives, offering connectivity, entertainment, and information. However, the increasing presence of children and young people on these platforms has raised concerns about age-appropriate usage and online safety. Understanding the age limits set by various social platforms is essential for ensuring responsible and secure engagement in the digital space.
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  • Article
  • Romanian Safer Internet Centre
  • 23 May 2024

While the impulse to share children's precious moments with loved ones is understandable, parents must understand the implications on their child's privacy and security.
Youth Internet Monitor 2023 dashboard on Austrian youth
  • Article
  • Austrian Safer Internet Centre
  • 05 August 2023

The Youth Internet Monitor is an initiative of Saferinternet.at and presents current data on the social media use of Austria's young people. Which social networks are currently popular among young users in Austria? Which networks are most popular with girls? Which ones are the most popular with boys?
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