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Title graphic: Age verification solution for all Europeans
  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 04 June 2026

Engaging civil society in the development of the EU age-verification app

Keeping children safe online is high on Europe’s agenda - and age verification is a key part of the conversation. The EU is now developing a harmonised age-verification solution designed to be secure, privacy-preserving, easy to use, and simple for digital services across the European Union to integrate.
Hands of three teenagers holding smartphones and on social media
  • Article
  • Belgian Safer Internet Centre
  • 29 January 2026

Banning social media for under 15s: a false solution

Several countries, including French-speaking Belgium, are considering banning the use of social media for children and teens under the age of 15. Social media is often cited as the main cause of cyberbullying and, more broadly, mental health issues among young people. It is therefore seen as something children need to be protected from. However, three recent position papers from Betternet partners (the Belgian Safer Internet Centre) Child Focus, Média Animation, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Éducation aux Médias (CSEM), and Mediawijs, point in the same direction: a ban is not the right solution.
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  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 18 December 2025

Raising the bar for online safety: how the Australian social media delay aims to protect children, and what the world can learn from the Australian online safety framework

At the recent Safer Internet Forum, Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, delivered a keynote titled “Why age matters?”. This article, based on that keynote, provides a comprehensive overview of the Australian online safety framework, including the recently adopted social media delay for children under the age of 16.
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  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 04 December 2025

Safer Internet Forum 2025 is here!

The Safer Internet Forum 2025 sees various online safety stakeholders and young people discuss topics around the theme: "Why age matters: Protecting and empowering youth in the digital age".
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  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 28 November 2025

Growing up in a digital world: How age shapes experiences with digital technology

Understanding why, and more so, how age matters requires solid evidence about how children at different developmental stages experience the online world. However, the current evidence base remains uneven. Even so, some European countries conduct comprehensive national studies that examine distinct age cohorts. Findings indicate that children’s digital experiences—and their needs—shift significantly as they mature, underlining the importance of age-specific approaches.
Four people, from child to adult, in a evolution-like pose
  • Article
  • BIK Team
  • 31 October 2025

Why age matters: Shaping a better and safer digital world that protects and empowers children

A seven-year-old playing their first online game and a seventeen-year-old campaigning for climate action share the same internet — yet their needs, capacities and vulnerability to risks could not be more different. Still, they are treated the same on many online platforms. The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) is changing that, requiring online platform providers to consider children's protection in the design and governance of their platforms. Understanding why age matters means aligning digital environments with how children grow — cognitively, emotionally, socially, and legally.
Blue cover with the title ‘Survey: Online Habits of Children and Teens’. In the middle, children are lying in a circle, smiling and holding smartphones.
  • Resource
  • Greek Safer Internet Centre
  • 16 October 2025

Online habits of children and adolescents

One year after the Act came into force, a nationwide survey by the Greek Safer Internet Centre reveals that the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) is still falling short when it comes to protecting minors online. The survey, conducted in February 2025, gathered responses from 2,500 students aged 10–18 across Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, and Larissa.

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  • Rule and guideline
  • policy and regulation, content-related issues, media literacy education

Act No. 264/2022 Coll. on Media Services and on Amendments to Certain Acts

This law establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework for broadcasting, on-demand audiovisual services, retransmission, multiplex providers, video-sharing platforms, and other media service providers in Slovakia. It sets out rules governing content moderation, age verification, and the oversight role of a new independent regulator (the Council for Media Services), strengthening consumer protection and public interest safeguards.

Entities responsible for implementation: Council for Media Services

  • Slovakia

  • Implemented 2022 - Ongoing
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
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