Changes from plenary report to adopted text

93. Calls on online platforms to grant accredited researchers access to aggregated data on the exposure of minors to algorithmic systems, in compliance with data protection rules, to enable the independent analysis of the impact of algorithms and persuasive platform design on minors, and stresses the importance of transparency, in this regard;

94. Supports the introduction for online platforms of a ‘youth mode’, disabling targeted advertising and limiting addictive design features for minors;

Monitoring and policy implementation

95. Calls on the Commission to assess the effectiveness of the BIK+ strategy and, where relevant, the EU Youth Strategy, in addressing current online risks for young people, and to align the implementation of those strategies with evolving challenges, such as algorithmic harms and persuasive design; stresses the need for systematic monitoring across the Member States, including through the development of comparable indicators on children’s digital habits, access to education and the effectiveness of protection measures, including the implementation of age restrictions, age-verification tools and safety settings;

96. Urges the Commission, the European Board for Digital Services, the European Board for Media Services and the relevant national authorities to strengthen coordination, and monitor and assess the effectiveness of measures taken by online platforms; stresses the importance of ensuring continuous monitoring and rapid-response capabilities to address disinformation and harmful content, including through the development of an EU monitoring mechanism with common indicators on online child protection measures, such as age-verification tools and safety settings, and on the impact of these measures on children’s well-being and privacy; calls for the involvement of children, young people and parents in the design, implementation and monitoring of policies related to the protection of minors in the digital environment;

97. Welcomes the EU-wide inquiry into the broader impacts of social media on the well-being of young people; emphasises the need for comprehensive, cross-disciplinary research into the long-term neurological and psychological impacts of digital consumption; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support longitudinal studies to develop evidence-based guidelines for digital platform design; calls on the Commission to issue European, evidence-based, state-of-the-art health guidelines on screen-use for minors and for digital platform design;

98. Stresses the need to strengthen and coordinate existing EU research capacities, including within the Commission’s Joint Research Centre, to monitor the impact of online platforms and algorithmic systems on the well-being of children and young people, and to support evidence-based guidance for the Member States;

99. Calls on the Commission to regularly report on progress made in protecting minors on social media; encourages the establishment of specialised training for law enforcement and judicial authorities on social media dynamics to improve the detection of harmful and illegal activities, such as grooming and cybercrime, while strictly respecting the principles of legality, proportionality and judicial oversight;

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100. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States.