EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy
What is EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy?
The European Strategy for a Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) is a Commission Communication (COM(2022) 212 final, 11 May 2022) updating the original 2012 BIK strategy. It is a non-binding policy document organised around three pillars: (1) Safe digital experiences (better protect children online) including an EU code of conduct on age-appropriate design (building on the DSA, AVMSD and GDPR), age-verification and EU-wide digital proof of age (eID-based), tackling online child sexual abuse, combating cyberbullying and the 116 111 helpline, the Safer Internet Centres (SICs) network, and safety in gaming/recommender systems/addictive design; (2) Digital empowerment (better empower children to make sound choices) including media and information literacy, digital skills aligned with Digital Decade targets, digital citizenship education, the betterinternetforkids.eu portal, and awareness-raising including Safer Internet Day; (3) Active participation (respect childrens views) including child participation in policymaking, industry youth consultations, peer-to-peer activities, and children as content creators with safeguards. It comprises 39 controls organised across 4 domains, and applies in the European Union.
How EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy maps to other frameworks
All 39 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 4 domains EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy. The number is how many EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
Implementation guides for frameworks that overlap EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy
Where EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy overlaps with the standards you already hold
Where to get trained on EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy
One course in the catalogue covers EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy directly. Each is self-paced, includes the downloadable toolkit and the implementation playbook, and carries a certificate of completion.
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What an auditor will ask you for
All 20 EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy controls, each with what it requires, the artefacts an auditor will ask you for, and where it commonly fails. Free to read, nothing to fill in.
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