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Safeguarding Europe’s Young Digital Citizens in the Age of Generative AI
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| Rok publikování | 2025 |
| Druh | Další prezentace na konferencích |
| Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
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| Popis | Children in Europe now grow up surrounded by algorithms that recommend what they watch, play, learn and buy. Generative AI systems add a new layer of complexity: instead of merely curating third-party content, these models can create hyper-personalised content, voice interaction or entire gamified universes in an instance. While EU lawmakers have successfully enacted fundamental regulatory frameworks for the digital era, including the Digital Services Act and the AI Act, regulators still face a host of unresolved, systemic risks when the end-user is a child. Yet these risks are transforming as quicksand due to the dynamic development of generative AI capabilities in the recent months. The Digital Fairness Fitness Check of EU consumer law published in October 2024 indicates possible path forward, but the legislative proposal for a Digital Fairness Act is not expected before mid-2026, making this legal response woefully distant future in current technology cycle. The aim of this contribution is to critically assess, what regulatory actions are currently available within the existing EU legal landscape for systemic support of parents in ensuring the safe and healthy development of the new generations of digital natives and identify obstacles that prohibit their full or timely impact. |