Lara MAGONI

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• 2025-11-10 “E-004433/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Virkkunen on behalf of the European Commission The protection of minors, as well as the safeguarding of consumers online, are key priorities for the Commission. Under the Digital Services Act (DSA) 1 , providers of very large online marketplaces must comply with certain obligations, including identifying and mitigating systemic risks and undergoing independent audits, establishing effective control systems, and meeting specific requirements regarding the traceability of traders, notice and action mechanisms, compliance by design, and transparency towards consumers. Non-compliance may lead to enforcement proceedings, which could result in a fine of up to 6% of the provider's global turnover if the Commission establishes a breach of the DSA. The DSA does not define illegal content, rather it requires platforms to act upon content considered to be illegal under national or EU law. Regarding the sale of child-like sex dolls detected on platforms such as Shein, AliExpress, Temu, and Wish, the Commission welcomes the French authorities' actions and is in close contact with them. On 26 November 2025, the Commission sent a request for information to Shein as the Commission suspects that Shein’s systems may pose a systemic risk to consumers across the EU. The DSA requires platforms accessible to minors to ensure a high level of privacy, safety, and security for minors. The protection of minors guidelines 2 under the DSA are the most ambitious in the world. Through the European Board for Digital Services, Digital Services Coordinators meet to ensure consistent enforcement and cross-border cooperation. The working group on protection of minors coordinates enforcement actions targeting pornographic platforms 3 and actions to ensure compliance by smaller platforms with the DSA and the Guidelines on the protection of minors 4 . 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj/eng. 2 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/commission-publishes-guidelines-protection-minors. 3 Shaping Europe’s digital future: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/european-board-digital-serviceslaunches-coordinated-action-reinforce-protection-minors-regards. 4 The Commission takes further action to promote a safe environment for minors https://digitalstrategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-takes-further-action-promote-safe-environment-minors.”
  Safety features & content control for child protection online · Regulation of pornography in the EU
• 2025-02-26 “E-000859/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Mînzatu on behalf of the European Commission The Commission is committed to the highest standard of protection and empowerment of children offline and online. Bullying is addressed through research, tools and training to support and guide policymakers, school leaders, teachers and educators. The Commission fosters mutual learning among national policymakers, civil society and social partners through the Working Group on Equality and Values in Education and Training 1 , including on topics such as bullying. The Commission is preparing an Action Plan to combat the growing trend of cyberbullying, leveraging on the current legal, policy and funding measures which will be adopted in the first half of 2025. Cyberbullying will also be addressed under the Guidelines on Art. 28 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) 2 in the summer of 2025. The Commission will also launch the first-ever EU-wide inquiry on the impact of social media on the well-being and mental health of young people in the second half of 2025. In parallel, under the Better Internet Kids (BIK+) 3 strategy, the co-funded network of Safer Internet Centres, with the EU-funded BIK platform 4 , develops campaigns and provides assistance on cyberbullying for children, parents and teachers in Member States. One example is the French helpline 3018 5 . Moreover, the Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) 6 aims to ensure that all learners, including those with disabilities, have the digital literacy skills to safely engage with online content and to recognise risks and can make informed, safe and respectful choices when online. The Commission published Guidelines for teachers and educators on tackling disinformation and promoting digital literacy through education and training in 2022 7 . Lastly, the Commission’s digital education agenda is supported through Erasmus+ 8 and the European Solidarity Corps 9 programmes. 1 https://education.ec.europa.eu/about-eea/working-groups 2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065 3 COM/2022/212 final. 4 https://www.betterinternetforkids.eu 5 https://e-enfance.org/le3018/ 6 https://education.ec.europa.eu/focus-topics/digital-education/action-plan 7 https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/a224c235-4843-11ed-92ed-01aa75ed71a1/language-en 8 https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/ 9 https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity_en”
  Gender roles, equality and inclusion
• “Thank you very much, Madam President. Thank you. Commissioner. Cyber bullying isn't an exception nowadays. It is a daily presence in young people's lives. More and more people check or Google cyber bullying and how to protect themselves from. It is happening more and more even in primary schools. But the most worrying data is that most victims don't seek help. Cyberbullying remains invisible even when it is in people's daily lives, and it doesn't turn off when you turn off your screen. It is part of your identity. Schools, homes. So the question is how widespread is it? The question is why aren't we managing to stop it? Because we act too late, because we don't prevent enough and we tolerate or online what we wouldn't tolerate offline. We need families and schools that are prepared. We need platforms that act and act quickly, because digital freedom without responsibility isn't freedom. It is abandonment. Thank you very much.”
  Safety features & content control for child protection online
• “Thank you very much. Madam president, imagine after years of working, paying your mortgage and sacrifices. A family buys a house and someone squats in it. Someone thinks that this is a solution to the housing emergency. We think that this goes against the law and property rights. Housing isn't an experiment and rights aren't optional. There is an unprecedented crisis since 2010, the rents have gone up by 50%, mortgages are more difficult to pay, and more and more families find themselves paying too much for housing and in some cases have to choose between paying the rent and eating. Putting up with squatting undermines legal certainty. We have to adopt specific policies, and between 2020 and 2024, Lombardi came up with specific policies to get houses back. This isn't madness. This is a sound policy. So those who have acquired something lawfully have to have that protected. We need clear rules and specific action for everyone.”
  EU housing policy
• “Thank you. President. Certain silences scream that of children trapped in images they can never escape, replicated at infinitum. It's not only a crime they have. They've been faced with. It lasts for life. And so this directive is a very necessary step. Because if not governed, what we have now will become very cruel weapons of abuse. We've got AI now and the voice of an avatar, a deepfake this content will be recognized as a child pornographic material. And who creates it, holds it, or spreads it will be punished. We have to put an end to prescription because too many victims speak only once they're adults. So justice can must happen even if it's late, because there is no cut off date on this. And there will be a key role that people who are allow for the spreading of this material will be responsible. We are responsible for our children every time we say nothing allows something bad to happen.”
  Privacy & detection of online child abuse
• “We need to be strongly united in defending our rights. We have our own history, culture and language to defend. That is our essence. We should defend them with great pride. We should also recognize the rights of linguistic and cultural historic minorities, who are part of our tradition and a wonderful source of our rich European legacy. We need to strike the right balance between national, regional and local identities in the South Tyrol tural region. We need to respect minorities whilst also ensuring that national language and culture are respected too, so that the feeling of belonging to a bigger whole is not weakened. In the Trentino region, there is a special status under the national Italian system. We believe that the EU should limit its role to coordination and not interfere in the way in which minorities presence in different member states is managed. This is of particular importance when we are discussing groups that do not have a consolidated historical presence or are not fully integrated into the national identity, because we cannot have a one size fits all policy that does not take account of particular characteristics of particular regions. Therefore, dedicating so many, so much in terms of E EU resources to Roma to 21 billion. With more on the way. Now integration and protection of fundamental rights is important, but those funds should be more carefully and rigorously managed. We shouldn't have these inefficient, one size fits all policies that are often applied to those who don't want to integrate or recognize and adapt to the cultures of the host lands in which they live.”
  EU policy on integration and ethnic, racial and religious discrimination
• “Thank you. President. Thank you Commissioner. The online piracy which involves live events. Is that something which we really do have to tackle? It's an enormous problem and we're losing a lot of money. We have so many sports events which are subject to illegal streaming. 140% increase over the past year, but not many. Only about 10% are actually blocked in real time. During the Paris Olympics in 2024, approximately 267 million illegal online streams were registered. Unauthorised streams. In 2026, we risked this increasing even more. Online piracy is something which we have to shoulder our responsibility for, and we have to look at the rights of platforms. Platforms, which can actually stop piracy. We have to defend them and we have to defend them, and we have to defend sport, creativity and all that against piracy because this is something we need to tackle with for our citizens, and we need a proper law for the game.”
  Broadcasting of sports events
• “Thank you very much. Thank you very much. This is extremely interesting. And for giving us the opportunity to talk about creative Europe, which is very important. Now, I would like to mention a problem. And that is that there's underfunding. There's so many important programs that are being rejected because we don't have enough funding. We have to make sure that we find a way to provide support to these projects, because we need cultural projects to be able to continue. We have to reduce the administrative burden that exists, especially for small associations that find it very difficult to grapple with these complex procedures.”
  EU and national cultural identities
• “Thank you very much, chair. Well. I've read what Mr. Valencia has said on behalf of the ECR, I would like to thank the rapporteur for a very well-balanced report which really shows the main open points are still concerning culture and studying within the agreement. In fact, rather as a Brexit. Although Brexit was a sovereign choice by the UK, we cannot but underline that there have been negative effects on many, many individuals working in teaching and creativity as, uh, as a someone who works in theatre, I know that it's so important that, uh, un fettered mobility, uh, is for people who are moving around and performing. Brexit is now, uh, done. And there are many artists who need to, uh, stay for longer and they're having to cut short their trips over the channel. So it's very important to help these people working in the culture sector. Very often they've not been able to do all the projects that they want to. We have also to point to the negative effects of participation of Creative Europe, people being cut off from that solidarity corps and so on. And now, as far as the legal basis is concerned, culture and creative events are very important. We've been in touch with our with our friends in the UK to ask them to try and make an effort to come back into these programmes like Erasmus+, which it really is something we need to do to help the UK to understand, particularly in view of what the Court of Justice, the EU has said. And we very much hope that we can find a shared solution to this issue. Thank you.”
  EU and national cultural identities
• “Thank you chair and welcome, Commissioner. I'm glad to hear that you came to Italy to see the Olympics. Especially because it is important to see the images of sport, because we will then have the Paralympics afterwards in March, and there will be even more genuine emotions, because there is real inclusivity in that form of sport. Therefore, on the question of the Olympic Games Commissioner, I would like to remind you that Europe has done incredibly well in the medals table, with Italy, France and Germany leading the ranking. So we have some extraordinary athletes, but in 2030 we will have the Winter Olympics in France. We'll have Los Angeles in 2028, so outside of the EU and then they'll be coming back to the EU. So let me remind you that there are over €5 billion in incomes. There have been all sorts of workers and volunteers, volunteers. So all of the numbers add up to one thing, Commissioner, which is that it's very important that we invest in sport. For the last 18 months, we have been meeting here in this committee meeting in this room, and we've had an excellent chair. But often we end up talking about young people who are struggling. My colleague earlier talked about the fact that our young people spend 6 to 8 hours online on on social platforms.”
  Broadcasting of sports events
• “Thank you president. It's not just deepfakes a cause of such alarm. It's also the speed with which they spread and the people the most vulnerable they affect. Over recent years, there has been an exponential increase of these images, millions of them every year. This is extremely worrying. But even more worrying is the impact on young people. 98% of this imagery is sexualised and affects young people. They are so adversely affected by such manipulated images. In 2025 and Cosenza, some 20 images of young people were posted. And this is really symptomatic, emblematic of our global epidemic. We need to respond. We need a responsible approach. We need to make accountability for the platforms, and we need to provide protection for the minors. We need to ensure that we are giving protection, that we are eradicating abuse, that we are protecting and not destroying. Europe is here to protect people, not algorithms. Thank you.”
  Safety features & content control for child protection online
• “Thank you very much. Thank you, Madam Commissioner, thank you very much for your interesting and important presentation on this very topical subject. I feel very strongly about this, especially when it comes to protecting young people in this virtual world so far removed from reality. Given the problems that we have, how will the European Commission ensure that there is efficient, transparent implementation of the AI act obligations, especially when it comes to the labeling obligation for content that is fully generated by AI. Thank you.”
  Transparency and oversight of AI-generated content
• “Thank you. President. It's not a luxury to have a roof over your head. It's a fundamental right. There are young people, families and vulnerable persons who are in danger of losing a roof over their head because of the high prices and markets out of control. The commission does need to tackle this. Monitoring speculation and ensuring greater transparency will be vital instruments in order to assist those who live in cities. So we're pleased to note that there will be a new approach here providing economic support, not replacing the other authorities. We need to take account of the specific needs of each territory. The region of Lombardy is a good example of that. Rent support and public policy has helped recover 7000 properties, which have helped many more families. This shows that tangible rather than ideological policy can achieve a real outcome for dignity, hope and the future. We should not leave anyone behind and we should ensure that we do not see abusive landlords for the sake of Italy and Europe. Oh, I forgot to mention I'm not a communist.”
  EU housing policy
• “Thank you, Madam President. The recruitment of minors by criminal gangs is not a marginal issue. It's a solid strategy that's constantly changing. This is proven by what happened today in Florence. A 15-year-old Tunisian was arrested for international terrorism after online contacts with Adage, which is an online agency. This is a change of paradigm. It doesn't happen in the neighborhoods. It happens on your phones. These gangs get onto encrypted chats, online games, and social networks. A kid is no longer approached. They are profiled and then contacted. The first promise is of easy money. Then they become identified with the gang, and then they become loyal to them. This is why our response needs to be European, immediate, and concrete. What is at stake is not just safety because the first click that a young person makes could lead them to a different future.”
  Privacy & detection of online child abuse
• “Thank you very much, chair. And thank you to the rapporteur for the work done. I'd like to say it's a very good job. It's a good start also to talk about sport. Now I found certain expressions that I would like to amend. But first of all, let me say that as far as, uh, you talked about sport as it is, I thought it a bit out of it should say adequate controls and they pay received by footballers. Uh, of course, there are so many in Europe. There are different states and nations in which sport is principal. And they have, uh, more resources for footballers. So I wouldn't put that in now. Uh, very important, you say greater resources and you're quite right. And Erasmus+ only has 1.9% dedicated to sport. It's, uh. It's such a tiny amount. It's risible. So we need more there, then another thing that I wasn't really all that keen on in, uh, Europe, we can't talk about, uh, women's sport. Men's sport. We need to talk about gender, because putting men and women in that sport, that's in a sports document in Europe that's going to lead to prejudice next. Another thing that wasn't dealt with, and I'd like to bring that to your attention is the problem. Of the athletes, uh, and maternity and maternity is seen to be an obstacle to a sports woman's career. And, uh, these there needs to be protection for these women athletes. It's a terrible thing that, uh, a woman, because she gets pregnant and has a child, is then going to be basically banned from certain sports. So that needs to be included. And very important to, to support the world of volunteering because without volunteering, none of this would be possible. Particularly of the economy and. Sport is such an important thing for our kids as they grow up, and it's also very good for their health. Of course, as they grow. So it can't be something that's only available to the people who are better off. We need to also really work for the volunteers. Thank you.”
  Gender roles, equality and inclusion · EU volunteering programs
• “Thank you. President. Every day online, millions of children are subjected to violence, never ending violence. And the images of this abuse are sold, archived, stored. And this every time causes harm, new violence being perpetrated. We're not talking about technology here. We're talking about children, real children with names, faces, and destroyed lives. All too often our discussion concentrates on protecting digital spaces for adults rather than dealing with the victims, and privacy cannot be a shield for those who abuse children, and the freedoms online can not be turned into a way of committing crimes against the most vulnerable. We are not here to protect the platforms and it's our task to protect children. If technology allows these criminals to perpetrate these crimes, then technology also needs to allow us to stop them. A society that hesitates to protect its children fails in its most fundamental duty, and every protected child is to be seen as a victory for Europe.”
  Privacy & detection of online child abuse
• “Thank you chair and welcome, Commissioner. I'm glad to hear that you came to Italy to see the Olympics. Especially because it is important to see the images of sport, because we will then have the Paralympics afterwards in March, and there will be even more genuine emotions, because there is real inclusivity in that form of sport. Therefore, on the question of the Olympic Games Commissioner, I would like to remind you that Europe has done incredibly well in the medals table, with Italy, France and Germany leading the ranking. So we have some extraordinary athletes, but in 2030 we will have the Winter Olympics in France. We'll have Los Angeles in 2028, so outside of the EU and then they'll be coming back to the EU. So let me remind you that there are over €5 billion in incomes. There have been all sorts of workers and volunteers, volunteers. So all of the numbers add up to one thing, Commissioner, which is that it's very important that we invest in sport. For the last 18 months, we have been meeting here in this committee meeting in this room, and we've had an excellent chair. But often we end up talking about young people who are struggling. My colleague earlier talked about the fact that our young people spend 6 to 8 hours online on on social platforms.”
  EU volunteering programs
• “Cultural identity in a global context. In addition, 70% of filmgoers went to see US films and 75% of time spent on video streaming platforms is to stream US content. And this is a clear challenge to our capacity to support a genuinely European and pluralistic audiovisual market. Defending the directive means preserving our cultural identity in a global context. In addition, at the same time, excuse me, we need to maintain open dialogue and avoid tensions with our transatlantic partners. Protecting European culture is a responsibility that is incumbent on all of us and needs a long term vision. Thank you.”
  EU and national cultural identities