• Topic

    Special Protection

    Children should be protected from all forms of exploitation prejudicial to any aspects of their welfare in relation to the digital environment.Exploitation may occur in many forms, such as economic exploitation, including child labour, sexual exploitation and abuse, the sale, trafficking and abduction of children and the recruitment of children to participate in criminal activities, including forms of cybercrime.

    By creating and sharing content, children may be economic actors in the digital environment, which may result in their exploitation.

Current news

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: VOICE: Perspektiven von Kindern und Erziehenden auf Online-Sicherheit

VOICE: Children's and caregivers' perspectives on online safety

On April 8, ECPAT International, terre des hommes Netherlands and Eurochild presented the VOICE study in Brussels. Together, they surveyed over 400 children and around 6,000 caregivers in 15 countries in Europe, Asia and South America about their attitudes, opinions and experiences regarding children's safety online.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: VOICE: Perspektiven von Kindern und Erziehenden auf Online-Sicherheit

VOICE: Speaking up for change Children’s and caregivers’ voices for safer online experiences

In April 2024, ECPAT International, terre des hommes Netherlands and Eurochild together presented the VOICE study in Brussels. In the study, children and parents were asked about their views, opinions and experiences regarding children's safety online. You can find more information in our article here.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: Start einer Dunkelfeldstudie zum Kinderschutz

Start of a dark field study on child protection

Scientists from the German Center for Mental Health, the Central Institute of Mental Health, the Clinic for Children and Adolescents at the University Hospital in Ulm and the Institute of Criminology at Heidelberg University are jointly conducting a representative national dark field study.

[Translate to Englisch:] Ansicht: EuroDIG 2025: Aufruf zur Programmgestaltung

EuroDIG: Balancing innovation and regulation

The next European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) will take place in Vilnius (Lithuania) from 17 to 19 June. Under the motto "Balancing innovation and regulation", representatives from politics, the private sector, civil society and academia will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and network.

[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: 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…