This booklet explains in simple terms what the DSA has introduced to protect children and young people under the age of 18.

The guide provides a hands-on introduction to the participatory design of digital applications with and for children and young people. It was jointly published by UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, and the University of Teacher Education Lucerne in 2023.

The purpose of this paper is to constructively follow the implementation of the new Digital Services Act (DSA) from a child rights perspective.

The European Commission, Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs, published a presentation on a survey on protecting children from sexual abuse on the Internet, which was conducted by Ipsos.

In the current discussion on the EU Commission's Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) regulation, the German government's Independent Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse Issues, Kerstin Claus, has made clear she believes two sets of legal interests - child protection and data protection - are taken equally seriously and not played off against each other. Keeping children and young people safe online is a duty of Internet service providers, she says.

UNICEF published an annual report documenting their work and their achievements in 2022.

ECPAT Germany, Innocence in Danger, the German Children's Fund and the Digital Opportunities Foundation outlined their position on the EU regulation in a digital press conference on April 4. In their joint statement, which is based on the questionnaire of the Digital Committee of the German Bundestag, the organizations explain in detail that and how the protection of children from sexualized violence online and the right to privacy of all users can be realized in the digital environment.

This guide sets out good practices by which professionals can respond constructively to the range of online risks of harm encountered by children in Europe.

Summary of IGF materials: daily reports, interview with Jutta Croll, and session recordings.

This report aims to provide guidance on how to strengthen legislative frameworks to protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse in accordance with international and regional conventions, general comments and guidelines of treaty bodies, models laws and good practices