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Shaping Europe’s digital future

New EU strategy to protect and empower children in the online world

  • PRESS RELEASE
  • Publication 11 May 2022

The Commission has adopted a new European strategy for a Better Internet for Kids (BIK+), to improve age-appropriate digital services and to ensure that every child is protected, empowered and respected online.

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European Commission

In the past ten years, digital technologies and the way children use them have changed dramatically. Most children use their smartphones daily and almost twice as much compared to ten years ago.

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