Thanks to digital technology children and young people today have almost limitless opportunities to learn, connect and grow. But we are increasingly witnessing how these opportunities can also come with real risks and affect young people’s wellbeing and safety. This is why the EU is working hard together with experts and young people themselves to make the online world safer and better for all.
As part of this, the EU has developed an age verification solution based on the highest privacy standards. It is user friendly and open-source, so that all EU countries can adapt and implement it easily. Interested in the technical details? Read more here.
Want to help your students stay safe in the digital world and benefit from its many opportunities?
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The Guidelines bring together pedagogy and practice in one easy-to-use format: How do we get young people excited about fact-checking and critical thinking? What are the technical dimensions of disinformation? How can we identify deep fakes?
This child-friendly version of the European Digital Rights and Principles has been produced in partnership with children themselves.
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Details
- Publication date
- 29 April 2026
- Author
- Directorate-General for Communication
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