Social media platforms will be prohibited from accessing children under the age of 13 under a new ‘EU Kids Act’ adopted by the EU Commission to enhance the online safety of children in Europe.
Life expectancy at birth in the EU was 81.5 years in 2024, a 0.1-year increase from 2023, following decreases in 2020 (80.4 years) and 2021 (80.1 years) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
35.2 per cent of all managerial positions in the EU were held by women in 2024, up from 31.8% in 2014 according to figures just released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat.
The European Commission has launched an Action Plan Against Cyberbullying aiming to protect the mental health of children and teens online in the EU.
A preliminary finding by the EU Commission has found TikTok in breach of EU internet rules for its addictive design, and for not assessing its potentially harmful effect on children.
The European Commission has launched a formal investigation against X into Grok’s manipulated sexually explicit images, including content that may amount to child sexual abuse material.
The European Commission has adopted a new EU Anti-Racism Strategy with a promise to combat racism in all its forms, including a strengthened framework to tackle hate speech and hate crime.
