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 20 controls organised across 5 domains, and applies in the European Union.
How EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy maps to other frameworks
All 20 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 5 domains EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy groups its controls into
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Query EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy programmatically
EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy, its 20 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy API reference and MCP config →What EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- BIK-E1 Media and information literacy for children
- BIK-IG1 Strategy alignment with DSA, AVMSD, GDPR and the eID Regulation
- BIK-P4 Children as content creators with safeguards
- BIK-S1 EU code of conduct on age-appropriate design
- BIK-S2 Age verification and EU-wide digital proof of age
- BIK-S3 Tackling online child sexual abuse (CSAM)
- BIK-S6 Safety in gaming, recommender systems and addictive design
- BIK-S7 EU code of conduct for childrens privacy
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