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The commissioner outlined possible measures on addictive design, dark patterns, online influencers, targeted advertising, digital age limits and the protection of vulnerable consumers, especially children. He also referred to possible simplification measures in EU consumer law.
This edition features news about the past two weeks including the European Parliament and Council provisional agreement on the AI Omnibus; the first report on the review of the Digital Markets Act; developments around age-verification solution in social media platforms; a European Parliament hearing on the audiovisual policy framework and the future of creative freedom, as well as a resolution on platforms’ responsibility to address cyberbullying and online harassment. It also lists events taking place this week.
During the hearing on age assurance techniques for the protection of minors online, policymakers, regulators, academics, civil society and industry representatives broadly agreed that children need better online protection. However, there was wide disagreement on the role age verification should play.
Members of the CULT committee of the EU Parliament asked experts whether there is a need to amend the core principles of the directive, to capture influencers and content creators, and to add new elements to ensure creative freedom and visibility of European productions.
The Parliament plenary adopted a resolution calling for targeted criminal provisions and greater platform responsibility to address cyberbullying and online harassment.
The recommendation aims to ensure that member states facilitate the effective deployment of EU age verification solutions based on the EU blueprint so that at least one age verification method is available on each market.
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