La Moncloa. 10/10/2025. Óscar López requires quicker progress within the EU to guard minors within the digital setting [News]

The Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López, in the course of the casual Council of Telecommunications Ministers held in Horsens (Denmark)

The Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López, has argued earlier than his European counterparts for quicker progress within the deployment of measures to guard minors in digital environments. “We must do more, better and faster,” he urged his European counterparts on the casual Council of Telecommunications Ministers in Horsens, Denmark.

“A European girl does not drive a car because there are controls. A European minor does not buy alcohol because there are controls. A European child does not go to a concert alone because there are controls. If rules that protect minors work in the analogue world, the time has come for us to be just as forceful in the digital world,” the minister emphasised. In Spain, for instance, 91% of minors go browsing each day and the typical age of first entry to pornographic content material is 11 years outdated.

In his speech, the minister defined how the Government is selling a draft Organic Law for the safety of minors in digital environments, which incorporates, amongst different new options, elevating the age for registering on a social community from 14 to 16 with out parental consent, and the criminalisation of deep faux intercourse as an offence in opposition to ethical integrity.

Due to the variations there could also be between international locations, Lopez has referred to as for cross-cutting and harmonised European options, equivalent to sturdy age verification methods and measures to minimise addictive designs. In all instances, these measures should be “complemented by raising awareness and accompanying minors in the acquisition of digital skills”.

Spain leads the best way in work on an age verification app

“Spain has been a pioneer in moving forward with a Digital Portfolio fully aligned with European standards. This tool is already in the interoperability testing phase with the European Commission’s pilot project, in which other member states such as France, Denmark, Italy and Greece are taking part,” he mentioned. The minister acknowledged that on this regard Europe wants the cooperation of trade and a robust, harmonised authorized framework to make these instruments work. He is satisfied that the 2026 European Digital Identity Portfolio “must be a turning point”.

“Platforms must be more committed to European digital rights and member states must promote joint and effective solutions,” mentioned López.

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