ABSTRACT
The media play a very important part in children's lives. Children watch television on traditional TV sets, look up video clips on YouTube, search things they need to do their homework through Google, play games on tablets or mobile phones and create profiles on social networks or virtual environments. Children also actively participate in media environments, especially as members of social media platforms, where they not only consume, but also create and share content. The Council of Europe has, over the past decade, issued various documents concerning media and human rights in general and children's rights in particular. Numerous policy documents at European level have emphasised the importance of safeguarding children's rights in today's information society. The protection paradigm is, and has always been, omnipresent in the debate related to media and minors. As digital technologies have gained in popularity, concerns regarding the protection of children in the transformed media environment were raised.
