Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: What is the ‘CSA’ Regulation, and Why is Everybody Talking about it?
09/01/2026 In recent years, digital technology has become increasingly essential to children's daily lives. As Internet access provides them with the opportunity to connect with their peers, learn new things, and creatively express themselves, it also makes them vulnerable to a variety of risks and threats. The most alarming threat they are exposed to is sexual abuse and exploitation. Child sexual abuse (CSA) is "the involvement of a child in sexual activity that he or she does not fully comprehend, is unable to give informed consent to, or for which the child is [...]
EAVI Roundtable Debate at the European Parliament – Democracy, Journalism and Literacy
In December EAVI together with the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom held the Democracy, Journalism and Literacy event at the European Parliament. The event was hosted by MEPs Barbara Spinelli and Curzio Maltese. The event focused on the dangers posed to media pluralism presented by new media and the threat to democracy this creates, as well as the role of media literacy and other initiatives to combat this. Barbara Spinelli opened the discussions by sharing her observations of media freedom – namely the level of self-censorship among journalists, protections afforded to whistleblowers, and [...]
Monitoring Media Pluralism and Media Literacy Across Europe, 2016
EAVI's Paolo Celot attended the The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom's workshop on media literacy at the European University Institute in Florence on November 3rd, 2016
