Today, I hosted the first meeting of a special panel on child safety online.
For decades, we have made the real world safer for children and we must do the same in the digital world.
The positive opportunities that technology offers cannot come at the cost of their safety, health or happiness.
In Europe, tech platforms already have a responsibility to ensure the safety of users.
But we must also do more to protect and empower our young people online.
This is the aim of the special panel. We will work intensely with experts and stakeholders, including our youth, to forge a strong and realistic European approach to keep our children safe in the digital age.
By the summer, the special panel will publish its recommendations for further action.