European tech companies strongly back the EU’s mission to create a safer digital world for minors, but warn that one-size-fits-all rules could backfire.
Responding to the European Commission’s draft guidelines on the protection of minors under the Digital Services Act (DSA), EUTA members are urging policymakers to adopt a proportionate, risk-based approach that balances child safety with innovation and user experience.
Key recommendations include:
- Aligning age definitions to avoid fragmentation across EU laws
- Introducing a tiered risk model so that low-risk platforms aren’t burdened like high-risk ones
- Avoiding blanket restrictions that undermine user experience and innovation
- Ensuring proportional and privacy-friendly age assurance
The following can be attributed to Victoria de Posson, Secretary General of the European Tech Alliance:
“We fully support making the online space safer for minors. While the draft guidelines are a good basis, some recommendations are overly prescriptive and go beyond the DSA. This risks stifling European innovation without improving child safety. EUTA advocates for a more risk-based approach that better reflects the diversity of the online platforms ecosystem.”
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About the European Tech Alliance
EUTA represents leading European tech companies that provide innovative products and services to more than one billion users. Our 33 EUTA member companies from 15 European countries are popular and have earned the trust of consumers. As companies born and bred in Europe, for whom the EU is a crucial market, we have a deep commitment to European citizens and values.
With the right conditions, our companies can strengthen Europe’s resilience and technological autonomy, protect and empower users online, and promote Europe’s values of transparency, rule of law and innovation to the rest of the world.
The EUTA calls for boosting Europe’s tech competitiveness by having an ambitious EU tech strategy to overcome growth obstacles, making a political commitment to clear, targeted and risk-based rules, and enforcing rules consistently to match the globalised market we are in.
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Victoria de Posson, EUTA Secretary General
E-mail: victoria@eutechalliance.eu
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Phone: +32 476 25 08 16
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