IGF 2025 Lightning Talk #109 Ensuring the Personal Integrity of Minors online

    Federal Office for the Enforcement of Children's Rights in Digital Services
    Michael Terhörst (Federal Office for the Enforcement of Children’s Rights in Digital Services, Government, WEOG) Merle Bieler (Federal Office for the Enforcement of Children’s Rights in Digital Services, Government, WEOG) Niklas Schmidt (Federal Office for the Enforcement of Children’s Rights in Digital Services, Government, WEOG) Lisa Keimburg (Federal Agency for Child and Youth Protection in the Media, Government, WEOG) Christina Fuhs (Federal Agency for Child and Youth Protection in the Media, Government, WEOG)
    Speakers
    Lea Peters (ECPAT Deutschland e.V., Civil Society, WEOG) Michael Terhörst (Federal Office for the Enforcement of Children’s Rights in Digital Services, Government, WEOG) Merle Bieler (Federal Office for the Enforcement of Children’s Rights in Digital Services, Government, WEOG)
    Onsite Moderator
    Merle Bieler
    Rapporteur
    Christina Fuhs
    SDGs
    4.4
    5.1
    5.2
    5.b
    9.c
    10.2
    16.10
    16.2


    Targets: 4.4: Empowering minors to use digital services confidently can help to strengthen their technical skills and media literacy. 5.1.: Safe digital spaces for minors through structural precautionary measures and the ability to use them confidently can reduce discrimination in the digital space. 5.2.: Safe digital spaces for minors through structural precautionary measures and the ability to use them confidently can reduce discrimination in the digital space. 5.b: It is important to strengthen the personal integrity of women and girls and thus enable them to use digital spaces competently. 9.c: In order to strengthen the personal integrity of minors, it is important to enable them to participate fully in digital spaces. 10.2: Strengthening the personal integrity of minors by creating safe digital spaces through forms of social media regulation can promote inclusion. 16.2: Structural precautionary measures such as a functioning reporting system can help to protect minors from sexual abuse in the digital space. 16.10: Full participation and empowerment of minors to use the digital space helps to ensure their access to information and the protection of fundamental freedoms.
    Format
    1. Expert input on the topic of personal integrity of minors 2. Discussion rounds with the participants (in person and online) on key issues for the development of strategies and actions.
    Duration (minutes)
    30
    Description
    Personal integrity is an important value when it comes to young persons‘ participation in the digital world. The personal integrity of minors can be threatened by the risks of social media, such as cybergrooming or hate speech. How can this value be protected and what aspects play a role in this? Can structural precautionary measures ensure this important part of child online safety? Where else can we act together to tackle online risks for children and young people? This is what we want to discuss together in this Lightning Talk.

    - Use of digital interactive tools such as Mentimeter to enable all participants to take part in the discussion (depending on the technical equipment in Oslo, the results could be presented live on screens) - Handout (one-pager) with information on the topic and key questions for the discussion, available on site and also in digital form for online participants.