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Online safety of minors

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5 on 5 sitting days
Outcomes
5 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
17 Jun 2025 – 17 Sept 2026
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EU initiative
Status
Active
Last 90 days
2 decisions
Roll-call votes
4
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New laws 2 · Resolutions 3
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Recurring EU policy push to protect children and young people from harms on digital platforms.

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Decisions, 5

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
17 Sept 2026Impact of social media and the online environment on young people ResolutionsAdopted395 for, 136 against, 80 abstained by roll call
7 Jul 2026Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse New lawsUrgent procedure agreed331 for, 304 against, 11 abstained by roll call
30 Apr 2026The need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment ResolutionsAdoptedshow of hands — no count
26 Nov 2025Protection of minors online ResolutionsAdopted483 for, 92 against, 86 abstained by roll call
17 Jun 2025Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) New lawsPassed599 for, 2 against, 62 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 4

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Impact of social media and the online environment on young people 2025-2081Decisions117 Sept 2026 · Adopted
The need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment 2026-2693Decisions130 Apr 2026 · Adopted
Protection of minors online 2025-2060Decisions126 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) 2024-0035Decisions117 Jun 2025 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 4 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor3Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome3of4
GreensFor3Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome3of4
S&DFor3Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome4of4
RenewFor3Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome3of4
EPPFor4Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome4of4
ECRFor0Against2Abst.0Divided2With outcome0of4
PatriotsFor1Against0Abst.0Divided3With outcome2of4
ESNFor1Against3Abst.0Divided0With outcome1of4

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/online-safety-of-minors
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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Online safety of minors”. Running issue, 17 September 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/online-safety-of-minors (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-issue-online-safety-of-minors,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Online safety of minors}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/online-safety-of-minors}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/online-safety-of-minors},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}