Final meeting of the Special Panel on child safety online as Eurobarometer confirms link between social media use and wellbeing
EU child online safety regulation is not an AI governance item - low priority for APS AI practitioners.
Key points
- EU Special Panel on child safety online finalised, with recommendations due to President von der Leyen on 13 July.
- Eurobarometer survey reports 14% of European adolescents spend more than 10 hours daily on screens.
- No AI governance content; item concerns online safety and child wellbeing regulation, not AI or ADM systems.
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"Final meeting of the Special Panel on child safety online as Eurobarometer confirms link between social media use and wellbeing"
Source: EU Digital Strategy – News
Published: 16 June 2026
URL: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/final-meeting-special-panel-child-safety-online-eurobarometer-confirms-link-between-social-media
The EU's Special Panel on Child Safety Online held its third and final meeting on 16 June 2026, with co-chairs due to present recommendations to Commission President von der Leyen on 13 July. A new Eurobarometer survey accompanying the meeting found young Europeans average 4.5 hours online on school days and 6.1 hours on weekends, with one in three reporting negative emotional impacts from social media use. The item concerns the Digital Services Act and related child protection frameworks, with no material AI governance content.
Retrieved from SIMS, 18 July 2026.