{"id":45257,"date":"2026-02-10T18:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/?p=45257"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:48:34","slug":"new-eu-kids-online-report-on-childrens-use-of-generative-ai-across-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/subject\/artificial-intelligence\/new-eu-kids-online-report-on-childrens-use-of-generative-ai-across-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"New EU Kids Online report on children\u2019s use of generative AI across Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new <strong>EU Kids Online (EUKO)<\/strong> report explores how children across <strong>20 European countries<\/strong> access, use, and experience generative AI (GenAI). Based on surveys of <strong>25,592 children aged 9\u201316<\/strong> and interviews with <strong>244 adolescents<\/strong>, the study sheds light on opportunities, risks, and policy implications of AI in children\u2019s everyday digital lives. It highlights GenAI\u2019s growing presence in search, social media, creative apps, and educational tools &#8211; and the need for guidance, skills, and safeguards to ensure safe and equitable use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published for <strong>Safer Internet Day 2026<\/strong> under the theme <em>\u201cSmart tech, safe choices \u2013 Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI\u201d<\/em>, the report reveals emerging patterns, cross\u2011country differences, and key areas of concern for educators, policymakers, and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/media-and-communications\/research\/research-projects\/eu-kids-online\/reports-and-findings\/AI\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/media-and-communications\/research\/research-projects\/eu-kids-online\/reports-and-findings\/AI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new EU Kids Online (EUKO) report explores how children across 20 European countries access, use, and experience generative AI (GenAI). Based on surveys of 25,592 children aged 9\u201316 and interviews with 244 adolescents, the study sheds light on opportunities, risks, and policy implications of AI in children\u2019s everyday digital lives. It highlights GenAI\u2019s growing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[362,272,2,274],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-media-literacy","category-news","category-primary-secondary-education"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/files\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-now-available-in-8-languages-1.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Chlo\u00eb P\u00e9t\u00e9","author_link":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/author\/chloe-pete\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45257"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45263,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45257\/revisions\/45263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}