Protection of children

Europe in Motion

How many children go missing in Europe every year?

The number of reports of missing children has doubled between 2023 and 2024. More girls are reported missing than boys.

17/09/2025

Ukraine

Investigation: Ukrainian children taken to hundreds of Russian sites

The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) discovered an unprecedented system of “re-education” and militarisation of Ukrainian children, forcefully deported by Russia.

16/09/2025

Tech News

Euroviews. Return of chat control: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

The Scandinavian state has been a stalwart supporter of image scanning and chat control to detect child sex abuse material. Now, they hold the keys to make it a reality, Yaël Ossowski writes.

08/08/2025

Tech News

ChatGPT gives teens dangerous advice, study warns

A new study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens.

06/08/2025

Tech News

Australia adds YouTube to social media ban for children under age 16

Australians under the age of 16 will be barred from creating accounts on YouTube come December.

30/07/2025

Tech News

Tech giants can easily check age of child users, says Danish minister

Online platforms are facing increasing pressure to implement the tools to protect children from harmful content online.

17/07/2025

Sport

Foster care wards from 24 countries unite at 'Children's World Cup'

The tenth edition of the largest event of its kind for children in foster care has come to Warsaw, offering much-needed recreational opportunities to children from all over the world. The organisers hope that it can improve not only the children's abilities, but also their well-being.

29/06/2025

Europe News

EU Parliament to criminalise AI-generated child abuse material

EU lawmakers from left to right voted by landslide to criminalise AI-generated child abuse images. The sweeping law also tackles grooming, livestreaming, sextortion and age of consent, aiming to close loopholes and protect children across the EU.

17/06/2025

Europe News

3 EU countries start debate about minors' access to social media

France, Spain and Greece all support the idea of a minimum age limit to be able to access social networks.

11/06/2025

Health news

How Ukraine's medevac programme helped save a severely burned boy

Coordinated by Ukraine's Ministry of Health with the support of the WHO and EU states, the programme has helped over 5,000 patients since its launch.

15/05/2025

Europeans' Stories

Screen addiction in Europe: How do we protect minors?

The dangers of screen time for children and adolescents are becoming widely recognized and an increasing number of EU countries are imposing smartphone bans in schools. But are we doing enough in Europe to protect young people from screen addiction?

14/05/2025

Europe News

Will the EU ban phones at school?

That’s one of several ideas floated by EU education and youth ministers meeting in Brussels this week, alongside proposals for tougher age checks, restrictions on social media for minors, and an EU-wide action plan to tackle cyberbullying.

12/05/2025

Health news

1 in 5 women, 1 in 7 men are victims of childhood sexual violence

The estimates are some of the most comprehensive to date on the prevalence of childhood sexual violence worldwide.

08/05/2025

Health news

Higher cigarette taxes could save 281,000 children’s lives in a year

The analysis shows children from the poorest families would benefit the most from higher cigarette tax rates in lower-income countries.

30/04/2025

EU Decoded

How does the European Union want to make toys safe for children?

Supported by most political forces, the EU institutions advanced a proposal to ban toxic chemicals from toys sold in European markets. Those chemicals could pose considerable health risks for kids.

29/04/2025

Tech News

Meta blocks teens livestreaming on Instagram without parental consent

The measures will come out in Europe in the following months after rollout in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia first, Meta said.

08/04/2025

Tech News

Commission targets in-game currency in children's video games

The Commission is probing alleged unfair practices in the horse-riding game Star Stable Online, targeting in-game purchases aimed at children. The upcoming Digital Fairness Act may include stricter rules on virtual currency transparency and fairness.

21/03/2025

Tech News

UK opens investigations into TikTok and Reddit over children’s data

“The responsibility to keep children safe online lies firmly at the door of the companies,” the UK information commissioner said.

03/03/2025

Tech News

Bluesky partners with charity to curb online child sexual abuse

The social media platform will have access to a new range of tools to detect harmful material.

24/02/2025

Europe News

App store age check could help children online protection: Meta VP

Meta’s VP and Head of Global Safety, Antigone Davis, revealed the tech giant’s latest efforts to protect minors online. In an exclusive interview, she discussed everything from countering child abuse online to age verification while calling on harmonised EU digital rules.

20/02/2025