The European Consumer Organization (BEUC) has published a position paper calling for more stringent protections for minors online. The paper, Better Safe Than Sorry, recommends introducing measures such as safe default settings, such as switching off recommender systems and disabling tracking mechanisms. The paper also calls for age assurance tools that respect the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a ban on targeted advertising and restrictions on features that exploit children's vulnerabilities. In addition, the paper highlights the need for stricter enforcement of existing EU legislation like the GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive, the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) in order to safeguard children online.
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