• Topic

    Best interests of the child

    The digital environment was not originally designed for children, yet it plays a significant role in children’s lives.

    The dynamic concept of the best interests of the child must be understood appropriate to this specific context.

    In all actions regarding the provision, regulation, design, management and use of the digital environment, the best interests of every child is a primary consideration.

Current News

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: 35 Jahre Kinderrechte

We celebrate the new office for the enforcement of children's rights!

The German Bundestag today passed the federal government's draft law on the national implementation of the Digital Services Act and thus, among other things, made decisions regarding the corresponding national responsibilities.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Zwischen Kinderprogramm & Social Media: Pre-Teens und die Herausforderungen für Jugendmedienschutz und Medienbildung

Between children's programmes & social media: Pre-teens and the challenges for youth media protection and media literacy

Initiating discourse and debate is the declared aim of the "medien impuls" series of events organised by the Freiwillige Selbstkontrollen Multimedia-Diensteanbieter (FSM) and Fernsehen (FSF).

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: IGF 2024: Gemeinsam mit allen Akteur*innen unsere digitale Zukunft gestalten

IGF 2024: Building our Multistakeholder Digital Future

The 19th Internet Governance Forum will take place from 15 to 19 December in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) under the motto “Building our Multistakeholder Digital Future”.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Hackathon für mehr Schutz von Kindern

Hackathon for more child protection

From 25 to 26 April, the Belgian child protection organisation Child Focus and NTT are holding a joint hackathon in an attempt to develop solutions for the protection of children online.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht:

Children's rights, sharenting & kidfluencing

Children's rights, sharenting & kidfluencing - these topics were the focus of a panel discussion at the conference "Content with conscience: on the support of Influencers and Online Content Creators ", which was hosted by the Belgian government as an event of its current EU Council Presidency on 27 February 2024 in Brussels.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Tech Plattforms Used by Online Child Sexual Abuse Offenders Research Report with Actionable Recommendations for the Tech Industry

Tech Plattforms Used by Online Child Sexual Abuse Offenders

The research report offers an unprecedented insight into the behavioral patterns and habits of online offenders with recommendations for action for platform providers to prevent sexual violence against children online. Further information can be found in our article "Measures required to protect children from sexual violence online".

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Maßnahmen zum Schutz von Kindern vor sexueller Gewalt online gefordert

Measures required to protect children from sexual violence online

On February 20, 2024, the NGO Protect Children from Finland published its research report with actionable recommendations for platform providers to…

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Sonderberichterstatterin informiert sich über sexualisierte Gewalt an Kindern

Further development of EU regulations to combat sexual abuse of children

The European Commission intends to further develop existing regulations to combat sexual abuse of children. The focus here is on additions to cover…

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Kinderrechte im Global Digital Compact berücksichtigen

Consider children's rights in internet governance

One in three of the approximately 5 billion people who use the internet and the digital environment worldwide is a child. According to Article 17 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, all young people have a right to participate in media from a variety of sources and to be protected in their use of them.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Gemeinsam für ein besseres Internet

Together for a better internet

Safer Internet Day has been held at the beginning of February every year since 2005.