At the Summit for the Future, the United Nations adopted the Global Digital Compact, which sets out fundamental principles for shaping the digital environment. This pact is part of the “Our Common Agenda” initiative and forms the basis for a shared digital future.

The groundbreaking new report, released as part of Project 2KNOW, reveals the intricate web of factors that drive online child sexual abuse offending. The report offers critical insights into the motivations, facilitators, situational factors, and barriers that influence individuals to engage in CSAM-related crimes.

In his latest blog post, John Carr comments on the current status of the European Commission's proposal for a regulation to prevent and combat sexual violence against children online.

With the 2. amendment of the Federal Youth Protection Act in Germany, the legislator has introduced the legal concept of personal integrity into the Youth Protection Act. The text presents an understanding of the protection objectives, which is derived from the justification for the reform and other developments in the field and results in the following definition:

Personal integrity of children includes the protection of physical and psychological integrity as well as personal data. In particular, the age-appropriate and future-open development as well as the informational and sexual self-determination of minors must be ensured. The abuse of inexperience and age, economic exploitation and the commercial or other improper processing and dissemination of user data are, conversely, contrary to the protection of personal integrity.

The article is a reflection of the "Global Age Assurance Standards Summit 2024" regarding the development of an age verification procedure.

The Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, which took place from 8 to 12 April 2024, brought together more than 700 stakeholders, including governments, regulators, international organisations, civil society, academia, industry and technical experts, to produce this communiqué defining the position, state of the art and evolution of age assurance and age assessment standards.

This is a summary of the 18th conference of the IGF (Internet Governance Forum) in 2023.

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.