Workshop 3: Keeping children safe online

In this workshop, stakeholders, including Better Internet for Kids Youth Ambassadors, civil society and public authorities, will discuss together how the DSA should facilitate better protection of children online.

They will look at current and emerging threats and best practices in driving change. The outcomes of the workshop will also feed into the Code of Conduct on age-appropriate design under the European Strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) supporting the DSA.

Panel 1: Setting the scene

Moderator: June Lowery-Kingston, Head of Unit "Accessibility, Multilingualism & Safer Internet", European Commission

• Eva Lievens, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law & Criminology of Ghent University

• Sonia Livingstone, Professor, Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics

• Daria Elena Cristea, BIK Youth ambassador

• George Vella, BIK Youth Ambassador

• Elizabeth Gosme, Director COFACE Families Europe

Panel 2: Implementation and way forward

Moderator: Andrea Cox, Digital Services Coordinator, Slovak Council for Media Services

• Benoit Loutrel, Board member, French Audiovisual and digital communication regulatory authority (Arcom)

• Eva Lievens, Assistent Professor, Faculty of Law & Criminology of Ghent University

• Nicole Lopez, Global Director of Youth Safety Policy, Meta

• Savannah Badalich, Senior Policy Director, Discord

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