The workshop ‘Age-app ropriate design of online platforms: questions for EU law and childre n’s rights’ will bring together scholars working on the protectio n of minors online, from the perspective of children’s rights and E U law.
The workshop responds to the fast developments around s ocial media age restrictions for minors across Europe and at the EU l evel. The workshop departs from the position that social media age re strictions are just one possible solution to a complex and broad prob lem. When it comes to protecting minors online, a children’s rights perspective requires age-appropriate design of online services that respects children’s evolving capacities. The workshop asks how curr ent and new EU laws can ensure age-appropriate design of social media and other online services that minors use, and how children’s righ ts should inform the implementation of existing EU laws (platform reg ulation, data protection, media regulation) and possible new legal so lutions.
DESCRIPTION: The workshop responds to the fast developments around soc ial media age restrictions for minors across Europe and at the EU lev el. The workshop departs from the position that social media age rest rictions are just one possible solution to a complex and broad proble m. When it comes to protecting minors online, a children’s rights p erspective requires age-appropriate design of online services that re spects children’s evolving capacities. The workshop asks how curren t and new EU laws can ensure age-appropriate design of social media a nd other online services that minors use, and how children’s rights should inform the implementation of existing EU laws (platform regul ation, data protection, media regulation) and possible new legal solu tions. Call for papers The worksh op ‘Age-appropriate design of online platforms: questions for EU la w and children’s rights’ will bring together scholars working on the protection of minors online, from the perspective of children’s rights and EU law. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR