November 2021 - Dialogues on European Digital Transition

Digital rights of minors online

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom November 23, 2021November 23, 2021Childhood, Digital rights, United Nations

The Fundación ANAR (abbreviation for Ayuda a Niños y Adolescentes en Riesgo, a group that helps at-risk children and adolescents) has been working for more than half a century to ensure promotion and defence of the rights of children and adolescents within the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In recent years, our work has been transformed by the impact of technology, which has a transversal effect on all the problems found in childhood and adolescence.

World Children’s Day: the big tech business model is toxic for children and adolescents

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom November 16, 2021November 17, 2021Childhood, Conference on the Future of Europe, Digital rights, European Commission

The digital environment should be friendly and safe for minors. However, reality shows that websites and social networks have become a risk for children and adolescents, who suffer online from harassment, violence, intimidation… and are exposed to all kinds of content, from inappropriate advertisements to extreme pornography. Meanwhile, their data is commercialised by the large platforms that make up the Internet, who take little action to control these serious problems.

The EADT, with support from the European Commission, organises an event on the digital rights of children and adolescents

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom November 5, 2021November 8, 2021Childhood, Conference on the Future of Europe, Digital rights, European Commission

World Children’s Day is again being celebrated this coming November 20th, a date chosen by the United Nations to commemorate the day in 1959 when the Declaration on the Rights of the Child was adopted. On this occasion, the European Association for Digital Transition, EADT, in collaboration with the European Commission, has organised the event “Digital Rights of Minors Online”. It will take place on November 15th at the headquarters of the Representation of the European Commission in Spain, and can also be followed in streaming.