This briefing paper provides information, analysis and recommendations regarding future EU policy developments on the protection of minors in the digital age to support the CULT Committee’s deliberations. Focusing on developments since 2012, it identifies recent policy developments at EU level, evaluates existing EU initiatives and instruments, and recommends further action at EU level.

This document contains the Annex to the Study on Mass Surveillance, commissioned by
STOA of the European Parliament. This Annex contains detailed information and references
that were used as the basis for the elaboration of the Study.
The motivation for providing this Annex in conjunction with the Study is to provide the
reader with a means to delve deeper into relevant information concerning the questions
posed in the tender of the Study.
In order to facilitate the reader an appropriate orientation and guidance for accessing this
information, this Annex is structured according to the themes and questions specified in the
original tender. Specific information or crosslinks to information that is relevant for more
than one question are provided for each of the thirty five questions documented in the
tender.