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Children entrapped online: an emergency with no time to lose

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom July 8, 2025July 17, 2025Childhood, Privacy, Save the Children

In a digital environment with hardly any clear rules, children have become the weakest link. The report ‘Networks that entrap’, prepared by Save the Children with collaboration from the European Association for Digital Transition (EADT), makes it clear: crimes of sexual exploitation and violence against children have moved forcefully to the online world. And this has happened in an ecosystem that not only doesn’t stop these crimes, but often magnifies them.

The Royal Household of Spain, through Queen Letizia, takes interest in the State Pact to protect minors in the digital realm

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom June 6, 2025June 6, 2025Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy, Royal Household of Spain, State Pact Digital Minors

The signatories of 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 Spain – continue their work to strengthen this citizens’ initiative.

A recent milestone in their efforts was a work meeting with Her Majesty Queen Letizia, held at the Palacio de la Zarzuela. At this meeting, key representatives from the entities that have promoted the Pact stressed the urgency of a coordinated, rigorous response based on political and social consensus to face the impact that technologies are having on the well-being of minors.

The EADT launches a campaign, “Do not accept the unacceptable”, our new campaign promoting good practices in the digital environment

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom March 17, 2025March 17, 2025Childhood, Consumers, Data Protection, Digital rights, Privacy

The European Association for Digital Transition (EADT), an organisation affiliated with the Digital Rights Observatory, launched a spot last Saturday, March 15th, coinciding with World Consumer Rights Day, under the premise of “not accepting the unacceptable”. According to Ricardo Rodríguez Contreras, president of the EADT, the aim of the campaign is “to raise awareness among the public about their rights as digital consumers and to promote good practices”. Aimed at users of digital environments, the spot seeks to raise awareness among citizens about how to act and navigate safely in the digital environment, with special attention on young people as peak digital users.

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.

Presentation of Telos magazine: We need values in digital governance

European Association for Digital Transition Democratic quality September 27, 2024September 27, 2024Childhood, Digital Governance, Digital sovereignty, Telefónica Foundation

The Espacio Fundación Telefónica, in Madrid, hosted the presentation of Telos magazine’s issue no. 125, entitled Digital Pact. The event opened with a speech by Luis Prendes, the host as general director of the Fundación Telefónica. After this, a brief debate was held, moderated by Juan Zafra, the magazine’s director. Among the speakers were Silvia Leal, a PhD in Sociology; Juan Luis Redondo, director of Public Policy at Telefónica; and Ana Caballero, vice president of the European Association for Digital Transition (EADT).

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.

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