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On 13 May 2025, the European Commission published Draft Guidelines on the protection of minors online. The guidelines stem from Article 28 DSA and aim to assist providers of online platforms accessible to minors to put in place appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety, and security of minors, on their platforms. These guidelines were developed following extensive research and consultations with various stakeholders, including children via the Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) online platform, as well as providers of online platforms, and experts from civil...

On 27 May 2025, the European Commission opened formal proceedings against four pornographic platforms: Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos. Breaches of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in relation to the protection of minors online are suspected of having been committed by the platforms. The risks detected relate in particular to the following:  - Appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security for minors, in particular with age verification tools to safeguard minors from adult content. - Risk assessment and mitigation measures regarding...

On 28 April 2025, the Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media – KJM) published its 11th activity report, which documents a significant increase in the number of cases relating to the protection of children and young people from harmful content over the past two years. Hate, incitement and disinformation are described as the dominant themes, particularly in online media. Shortly afterwards, on 13 May 2025, the Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia (voluntary self-monitoring body for multimedia service providers – FSM) also published...

On 12 May 2025, the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) adopted the new technical and procedural measures that website operators and video-sharing platforms which disseminate adult content in Italy must adopt to verify the age of users (Regulation). The Regulation was adopted pursuant to Article 13-bis of Law Decree No. 123 of 15 September 2023 which provides that “minors are prohibited from accessing pornographic content, as it undermines their dignity and compromises their physical and mental well-being, constituting a public health issue”. That same provision then expressly...

The pool of entities recognised as trusted flaggers under Article 22 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) continues to expand. These entities are designated to support online platforms in identifying and countering the dissemination of illegal content, by virtue of their specific expertise and capabilities. In its capacity as the Digital Services Coordinator for Italy, AGCOM (the Italian Communications Authority) officially granted trusted flagger status on 8 April to the S.O.S Il Telefono Azzurro Foundation ETS (Telefono Azzurro Foundation), with particular reference to the 0–18 age group....