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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....

On 25 March 2025, the Spanish government formally transmitted the bill on the protection of minors in digital environments to the Cortes Generales (Congress of Deputies and the Senate). This text, the main elements of which had already been announced when the preliminary draft was presented by the Council of Ministers in June 2024, marks a decisive development in the regulation of the digital space with regard to children and teenagers. The bill forms part of an ambitious legislative initiative aimed at providing a legal framework for the use of digital services by minors, while guaranteeing...