Although the rights of children to protection, provision and participation are all equally important and should not be prioritised over each other, sessions on the second day of the 2025 IGF put a strong focus on child protection.

Day Zero of the IGF 2025 startet with an opening key note by Karianne Tung, Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance Norway stating that the Norwegian Government sees the IGF as a key part of the UN role in responsible human centric digital development. The questions addressed in the following five days are «about our lives and our common future», she said, demanding to build »a digital world that works for everyone ».

Norway is hosting the 20th United Nations Internet Governance Forum(IGF). This will take place from 23 to 27 June in Lillestrom near Oslo.

The last day of the European Dialogue on Internet Regulation focused on age verification.

On the second day of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) conference in Strasbourg, France, the focus was on the links between artificial intelligence and discrimination, and the impact of neurotechnologies on privacy.

The European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) was launched in Strasbourg, France, on Monday 12 May. Under the motto "Safeguarding human rights by balancing regulation and innovation", more than 700 representatives from politics, business, civil society, science and technology will discuss current internet developments in a hybrid process until Wednesday 14 May.

One year after the first Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, the crowd has gathered again for three days – this time in Amsterdam – to discuss…

Under the title “Media consumption habits of young people in Europe” the media habits of young people were discussed, delving into the implication of these habits for the competitiveness of the EU audiovisual industry, as well as the outlook for cultural diversity in European media.

Norway will host the 20th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) from 23 to 27 June 2025. In this anniversary year, participants from the stakeholder groups government, private sector, technical community, intergovernmental organisations and civil society will come together in Lillestrom near Oslo to discuss current issues relating to the governance and regulation of the digital environment under the motto ‘Building Digital Governance Together’.

Children and young people encounter sexualised violence in various forms on the internet. Keeping them away from (allegedly) age-inappropriate content has been an ambivalent goal of youth media protection, which has been pursued with various measures since the beginning of the spread of the Internet. Today, the main aim is to effectively counter the risks that can arise from communication and exchange with other users.