{"id":14497,"date":"2026-02-21T12:51:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zadecu.org\/?p=14497"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:51:33","slug":"childrens-rights-in-the-digital-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zadecu.org\/en\/childrens-rights-in-the-digital-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s rights in the digital environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Taken from &#8220;Unequal Childhoods: Rights on paper should be rights in practice&#8221; Eurochild 2025\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eurochild.org\/resource\/unequal-childhoods-rights-on-paper-should-be-rights-in-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flagship report<\/a>\u00a0on children in need across Europe.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This sub-report synthesises evidence on children\u2019s rights in the digital environment, with input from members from all countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Challenges faced by children in the digital environment<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Child sexual abuse and exploitation: Child sexual abuse material, AI-generated CSAM, Grooming;<\/li>\n<li>Online safety and platform accountability: Excessive time spent in the digital environment, Exposure to harmful content, Cyberbullying;<\/li>\n<li>Data protection and age verification: Sharenting and childfluencers\/kidsfluencer;<\/li>\n<li>Emerging tech and commercial practices: Artificial Intelligence, Online gambling, Gaming and advertising;<\/li>\n<li>The digital divide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Protect children from child sexual abuse and exploitation<\/li>\n<li>Make platform accountability work for children in practice<\/li>\n<li>Tackle addictive and manipulative design and harmful commercial practices<\/li>\n<li>Guarantee children\u2019s privacy and data protection<\/li>\n<li>Protect children from harms linked to AI and other emerging technologies<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Close the digital divide as a children\u2019s rights issue<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Strengthen evidence, enforcement and participation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eurochild.org\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eurochild-2025-Flagship-Sub-report-on-Childrens-Rights-in-the-Digital-Environment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/eurochild.org\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eurochild-2025-Flagship-Sub-report-on-Childrens-Rights-in-the-Digital-Environment.pdf\"><strong>Read the full subreport<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taken from &#8220;Unequal Childhoods: Rights on paper should be rights in practice&#8221; Eurochild 2025\u00a0flagship report\u00a0on children in need across Europe. 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