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Strategic Intelligence: Online Safety for Children

Publisher GlobalData
Published Jul 11, 2025
Length 48 Pages
SKU # GBDT20265877

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Strategic Intelligence: Online Safety for Children

Summary

Evidence of the harmful effects of online activity on young people has become overwhelming. It reveals a sharp rise in problematic social media use among adolescents, leading to them experiencing negative consequences. It also shows young people increasingly being exposed to a wide range of harmful material, from pornography to suicide and self-harm content, discriminatory abuse, and hate speech.

Key Highlights
  • There has never been a broader international consensus on the need to ensure online safety, with a special focus on the impact on the most vulnerable categories of users, including children. This has prompted a spate of legislative initiatives worldwide.
  • In the UK, the Online Safety Act, which will be fully implemented by 2026, requires platforms to remove harmful content, especially concerning minors, and implement age verification for adult content. The EU Digital Services Act, which came into force in 2024, regulates moderation through risk assessments and reporting requirements. Australia has gone as far as banning children under 16 from social media platforms. For each of these laws, companies will face hefty fines if they are not compliant.
Scope
  • GlobalData’s framework for children’s online safety comprises four categories: online platforms, online harms for children, risk factors, and risk mitigation actions.
  • The online platforms covered by this report include social networks, discussion forums, messaging services, media sharing sites, and gaming platforms.
Reasons to Buy
  • Online safety for children is emerging as a key area of regulation worldwide. As different jurisdictions put legislation in place to protect children from the harmful effects of digital platforms, Big Tech will be the primary target of regulation. This report provides an overview of this topical theme, including analysis of the likely primary and secondary targets of regulation.

Table of Contents

48 Pages
Executive Summary
Players
Thematic Briefing
Technology offers opportunities, but also puts children at risk
The boundaries between illegal and harmful online content are blurred
GlobalData’s Framework for Children’s Online Safety
Online platforms
Social networks
Discussion forums
Messaging services
Media sharing sites
Gaming platforms
Online risks and mitigation strategies
Online risks
Risk mitigation strategies
Timeline
Companies
Sector Scorecards
The Global Regulatory Landscape
Online safety has become a key issue for governments worldwide
Social media sector scorecard
Who’s who
Thematic screen
Valuation screen
Risk screen
Gaming sector scorecard
Who’s who
Thematic screen
Valuation screen
Risk screen
Glossary
Further Reading
GlobalData reports
Our Thematic Research Methodology
About GlobalData
Contact Us
List of Tables
Table 1: Companies
Table 2: Key pieces of legislation from around the world and describes how they aim to keep children safe online.
Table 3: Glossary
Table 4 GlobalData reports:
List of Figures
Figure 1: Which online platforms will be the primary target of online safety regulation?
Figure 2: Unsafe online content can be divided into harmful and illegal content, and harmful but legal content
Figure 3: GlobalData’s framework for children’s online safety encompasses four categories
Figure 4: GlobalData’s framework for children’s online safety: Online platforms - Social networks
Figure 5: GlobalData’s framework for children’s online safety: Online platforms - Discussion forums
Figure 6: GlobalData’s framework for children’s online safety: Online platforms - Messaging services
Figure 7: GlobalData’s framework for children’s online safety: Online platforms - Media sharing sites
Figure 8: GlobalData’s framework for children’s online safety: Online platforms - Gaming platforms
Figure 9: Risk mitigation strategies for protecting children online show different characteristics
Figure 10: There are multiple evasion tactics for content moderation
Figure 11: Both the SA’s code of practice and the DSA require platforms to adopt effective content moderation
Figure 12: Age assurance methods that involve using identification documents are unpopular
Figure 13: 40% of education systems worldwide have smartphone bans in place
Figure 14: The online safety for children story
Figure 15: The number of online safety regulators has increased significantly
Figure 16: A growing share of teens think social media negatively impacts people their age
Figure 17: Who does what in the social media space?
Figure 18: Thematic screen - Social media sector scorecard
Figure 19: Valuation screen - Social media sector scorecard
Figure 20: Risk screen - Social media sector scorecard
Figure 21: Who does what in the gaming space?
Figure 22: Thematic screen - Gaming sector scorecard
Figure 23: Valuation screen - Gaming sector scorecard
Figure 24: Risk screen - Gaming sector scorecard
Figure 25: Our five-step approach for generating a sector scorecard

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