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Experts in childhood and digitalisation propose 107 measures: It is time to act to break the dominance algorithms have over parents and educators

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom December 4, 2024December 4, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy

The report by the expert working group on the protection of minors in the online environment has entered a new phase. On Tuesday, December 3rd, the report was submitted to Spain’s Council of Ministers, culminating almost nine months of work by the Committee of Experts. This group of fifty professionals was created by the Spanish Ministry of Youth and Children to propose the best measures to take in the face of a growing problem: the negative impacts of digitalisation on children and adolescents, with phenomena such as cyberbullying, the selling of their personal data, mental health problems due to exposure on social networks, or the impact on their emotional and sexual relationships as a result of exposure to pornographic content.

“We must demand ethical, civil and criminal responsibility from big online platforms”

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom November 22, 2024November 22, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Digital rights, European Commission, European Data Protection Board, European Parliament

November 20 is World Children’s Day. To mark the date, as in other years, the European Association for Digital Transition (EADT) held a discussion session in Madrid on the digital rights of minors. New in 2024 is that the event arose from an agreement between the European Association for Digital Transition and the public business institution Red.es, within the framework of the Digital Rights observation area and aimed at promoting the Digital Rights Charter.

Why the Spanish Data Protection Agency does not like Google Workspace for Education

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom July 18, 2024July 18, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Google, Privacy, Spanish Agency for Data Protection

The use of technological tools in education is already common in primary and secondary schools, but over the past few months it has also become part of the debate about the possible negative effects of the use of technology among minors. Digitalisation in education, as in so many other areas, creates many benefits and opportunities. But at the same time, unfortunately, it opens the door to possible abuses by the big Internet giants, who base their business on the use of data, in this case data from a vulnerable population, that is, minors.

Comments from the EADT regarding the draft law on minors in the digital environment: We need more effective protection

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom July 1, 2024July 1, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy

The complexity of the digital environment and the protection of minors within it is a multifaceted challenge. There is no single measure that can completely solve this problem.

In this sense, the preliminary draft of the Organic Law for the protection of minors in the digital environment, presented by the Spanish government, offers real progress. But it also creates significant concerns.

Spanish government law to protect minors online is on right track but needs ambition and consensus

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom June 6, 2024June 6, 2024Childhood, Privacy, State Pact Digital Minors

The European Association for Digital Transition (EADT) takes a positive view on the draft law to protect minors in the digital realm, presented on June 4, 2024 following the Council of Ministers meeting. But all these measures could end up being ineffective if they are not implemented ambitiously, demanding accountability from platforms and online services, and with political consensus above and beyond partisanship. “It is not about pressuring companies just because, but rather about protecting children and adolescents from specific phenomena that are very dangerous”, says Ana Caballero, vice president of the EADT and spokeswoman for the organisation on issues affecting minors.

Children, adolescents and problems with digital tools: the responsibility of the large internet platforms

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom May 27, 2024May 27, 2024Childhood, Consumers, Data Protection

The vice president of the European Association for Digital Transition (EADT), Ana Caballero, recently took part in some seminars held by the Andalusian Parliament. Organised by the Audiovisual Council of Andalusia, the session ‘The consequences of being the first digital natives’ analysed from various perspectives the risks involved in the overexposure of minors to screentime.

New York vs. TikTok, Facebook and YouTube for using addictive algorithms

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom March 20, 2024March 20, 2024Childhood, Facebook, Google, TikTok

The news that New York City was filing a lawsuit against various social media companies including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube appeared in the media and then quickly disappeared. At first glance, it may seem like a complaint doomed to failure. Nevertheless, that is not so.

Chaired by Ana Caballero, the group of experts to regulate protecting minors on the Internet gets to work

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom March 6, 2024March 6, 2024Childhood, Spanish Ministry of Youth and Children, State Pact Digital Minors

The group of fifty experts convened by the Ministry of Youth and Children to improve the protection of minors in the digital realm, chaired by Ana Caballero, had its first meeting on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Its job is to develop a roadmap that, in the coming months, will be the basis for the subsequent report on the protection of minors, adolescents and young people in the digital environment. Special interest will be placed on phenomena such as cyberbullying, the effect of social media on adolescent mental health or the access to extreme content.

Key points from the presentation in Congress of the State Pact to protect minors in the digital realm

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom February 26, 2024February 27, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy, State Pact Digital Minors

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The State Pact to protect minors in the digital realm – an initiative promoted by the European Association for Digital Transition (EADT) – continues to gain momentum. On February 13, 2024, the EADT organised a presentation of the proposal with a symposium in the Congress of Deputies, which was inaugurated by the president of the Chamber, Francina Armengol.

It was a full morning of work and reflection, structured around several roundtables and speeches. Below please find a summary and videos from the three roundtables, as well as the final speeches by the president of the EADT, Ricardo Rodríguez Contreras, and the minister of Youth and Children, Sira Rego.

Advocates for the State Pact to protect minors in the digital realm call for regulations and measures that go beyond pornography

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom February 13, 2024February 26, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy, State Pact Digital Minors

Advocates for the State Pact to protect minors in the digital realm – the European Association for Digital Transition, Dale una Vuelta, Fundación ANAR, iCMedia, Save The Children and UNICEF España – presented their initiative on Tuesday, February 13, in the Congress of Deputies with a symposium entitled “The protection of minors in the digital realm: a social and political challenge”. The event aimed to strengthen consensus and encourage the participation of civil society in the face of political and legislative initiatives expected over the coming months, following the announcement of a law to prevent minors from accessing pornography and the creation, from the Ministry of Youth and Children, of a working group of experts in which several of these organizations form part, among them the European Association for Digital Transition itself.

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