Protection of minors: the European Parliament prepares a new layer of digital regulation
The European arsenal for framing digital – from the GDPR to the DSA, from the DMA to the IA Act – is already heavy, but the Parliament wants to go further in the name of protecting minors. MEPs are pushing for new rules, including an EU-wide digital majority at 16, targeting both regulated platforms and an entire digital ecosystem still largely out of scope. The European Parliament will debate next week in plenary session a draft report on the protection of minors online, brought forward by the Internal Market Committee (IMCO). The text, which was adopted by the committee in mid-October, sets out a dense legislative agenda to complete the Digital Services Act (DSA) and extend regulation to players that are currently poorly regulated at European level. The rapporteur is…