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Digital child protection initiatives address age verification and regulation in social networks to safeguard children, highlighting urgent implications.
The digital lifeworld of children and adolescents has become a central component of socialisation, education, and identity formation. Digital spaces are no longer an add-on, but a structural element of contemporary childhood. Social media enables communication, agency, and a sense of belonging, yet at the same time confront children with substantial risks: sexualised approaches, cyberbullying, algorithmic manipulation, commercialisation of personal data, and disinformation have become defining dimensions of endangerment [ 1 , 2 , 3 ].
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