The workshop ‘Age- appropriate design of online platforms: questions for EU law and chil dren’s rights’ will bring together scholars working on the protec tion of minors online, from the perspective of children’s rights an d EU law.
The workshop responds to the fast developments a round social media age restrictions for minors across Europe and at t he EU level. The workshop departs from the position that social media age restrictions are just one possible solution to a complex and bro ad problem. When it comes to protecting minors online, a children’s rights perspective requires age-appropriate design of online service s that respects children’s evolving capacities. The workshop asks h ow current and new EU laws can ensure age-appropriate design of socia l media and other online services that minors use, and how children� �s rights should inform the implementation of existing EU laws (platf orm regulation, data protection, media regulation) and possible new l egal solutions.
DESCRIPTION: The workshop ‘Age-appropriate design of online platform s: questions for EU law and children’s rights’ will bring togethe r scholars working on the protection of minors online, from the persp ective of children’s rights and EU law. The workshop responds to th e fast developments around social media age restrictions for minors a cross Europe and at the EU level. The workshop departs from the posit ion that social media age restrictions are just one possible solution to a complex and broad problem. When it comes to protecting minors o nline, a children’s rights perspective requires age-appropriate des ign of online services that respects children’s evolving capacities . The workshop asks how current and new EU laws can ensure age-approp riate design of social media and other online services that minors us e, and how children’s rights should inform the implementation of ex isting EU laws (platform regulation, data protection, media regulatio n) and possible new legal solutions.Call for p apers END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR