This briefing paper addresses the definition and scope of children’s online safety as a policy issue and process. The paper draws on evidence of risks that children may encounter in the course of their use of the Internet. This is one of three briefing papers requested by the CULT Committee to assist in its assessment of the requirements to ensure adequate support for protection of minors and children’s wellbeing in the digital age.

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.