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Online platforms & content

Decisions about online platforms, social media, illegal content online, digital services or digital markets rules.

Decisions
7 on 5 sitting days
Outcomes
7 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
26 Nov 2025 – 17 Sept 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
4
By kind
New laws 1 · Resolutions 6
Part of
Digital, AI & data
Key
digital/platforms
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Decisions, 7

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The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

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
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield ResolutionsAdopted420 for, 220 against, 26 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 2026Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act ResolutionsAdoptedshow of hands — no count
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
26 Nov 2025Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material ResolutionsAdoptedshow of hands — no count

Dossiers, 6

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
Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield 2025-2069Decisions115 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act 2026-2596Decisions130 Apr 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
Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material 2025-2971Decisions126 Nov 2025 · Adopted

These dossiers in the register

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: 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 LeftFor2Against2Abst.0Divided0With outcome2of4
GreensFor3Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome3of4
S&DFor3Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome4of4
RenewFor3Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome3of4
EPPFor4Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome4of4
ECRFor0Against3Abst.0Divided1With outcome0of4
PatriotsFor0Against1Abst.0Divided3With outcome1of4
ESNFor0Against4Abst.0Divided0With outcome0of4

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

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Running issues

Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/digital?sub=platforms
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Online platforms & content”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/digital?sub=platforms (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-topic-digital-platforms,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Online platforms \& content}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/digital?sub=platforms}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/digital?sub=platforms},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}