Action Plan against Cyberbullying
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Summary
The Commission will present a comprehensive EU approach to prevent, detect and respond to cyberbullying, with a primary focus on minors and youth. It will set a common EU definition, promote national strategies and focal points (e.g. trusted flaggers), and prioritise vulnerable groups including girls and women, LGBTIQ youth, migrants and persons with disabilities. Actions span prevention and digital well-being, safer product design, streamlined reporting and takedown (scaling good practices like France’s App 3018), victim support, and proportionate responses to perpetrators. Delivery will leverage and enforce the DSA, BIK+ and victims/VAW directives, with progress monitored through Safer Internet Centres, BIK policy reports and DSA enforcement.
Action items
1–6 of 13 items
Source order · D = digital dimension- Item 1
1.expand the focus on tackling cyberbullying in the review of the DSA guidelines on the protection of minors, in particular with regard to measures to further prevent exposure to harmful content, and to improve the reporting systems of online platforms - scheduled in 2026;
- Item 2
2.adopt DSA guidelines on trusted flaggers which will help clarify their role in tackling illegal content, such as illegal cyberbullying, – by Q2 2026;
- Item 3
3.assess ways to address cyberbullying on video sharing platforms in the ongoing evaluation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and its review – by Q3 2026;
- Item 4
4.support the effective implementation of the AI Act provisions on prohibited AI practices, including when they are used for cyberbullying, through coordination within the AI Board and the guidance provided with the Commission guidelines on prohibited AI practices – from Q3 2026;
- Item 5
5.facilitate the effective implementation of the AI Act transparency obligations, including through a code of practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content, which aims to support compliance with the AI Act transparency obligations related to marking and labelling of AI-generated content, including that used for cyberbullying – from Q3 2026.
- Item 6
6.address cyberbullying in the update of the guidelines for teachers and educators on tackling disinformation and promoting digital literacy through education and training– by Q2 2026;