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On 8 July 2026, the Dynamic Coalition on Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment (DC CRiDE) hosted a webinar ‘To Ban or Not to Ban – How to Protect Children Online?‘.
With the enforcement of a social media age ban for under 16s in Australia in December 2025, a global discussion started on the important topic of how children and youth can participate safely in the digital environment and what measures are necessary to protect them meaningfully when being online. From Brazil to India, in the UK and the EU, in many parts of the world politicians, civil society, psychologists, and media researchers argue about strategies, legislation and accountabilities. These also affect digital services providers, educators and carers as well as parents and children.
In this webinar we heard from Amanda Third on the current situation in Australia and the learnings from a ban being in force for half a year now, got a child rights framing by Sonia Livingstone and gained insights into the work of the EU Special Panel and heard the recommendations of the German expert panel and the outcomes of a child participation process by Jutta Croll and Torsten Krause.
Attendees were invited to share perspectives from their respective countries and/or points of view.
SPEAKERS
Amanda Third – Professor, Western Sydney University
Sonia Livingstone – Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Jutta Croll – Chair of the Board, Stiftung Digitale Chancen
Torsten Krause – Co-Chair of DC CRiDE / Stiftung Digitale Chancen
MODERATOR
Salla Huikuri, Ph.D. – Co-Chair of DC CRiDE / ECPAT International
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