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REPORT (2025/2181(INI))

On a new strategy for media literacy and digital learning

A-10-2026-0173

Committee on Culture and Education · Rapporteur: Marcos Ros Sempere

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This resolution calls for a coordinated EU strategy on media literacy and digital learning, covering education, online platforms, and media support. It asks the Commission and Member States to integrate media literacy into curricula, promote lifelong learning, and address risks from AI and platform design. It urges platforms to assess and mitigate risks, and calls for sustainable funding and monitoring of national actions.

Committee position. The Committee on Culture and Education proposes a resolution calling for a comprehensive EU strategy on media literacy and digital learning, with specific actions for the Commission, Member States, and online platforms.

Key points

  1. Calls for a coordinated EU approach to media literacy and digital learning, involving EU institutions and Member States.
  2. Asks the Commission to assess and propose a common EU approach to age-appropriate access to online platforms, respecting fundamental rights.
  3. Calls for evaluating and amending the AVMSD to protect users on video-sharing platforms, expand rules to influencers, and label AI-generated content.
  4. Urges very large online platforms to mitigate systemic risks and carry out media literacy impact assessments, making them transparent and public.
  5. Calls on Member States to ensure video-sharing platforms comply with media literacy obligations and to fund regulators.
  6. Stresses the need for strong journalism and sustainable funding for media, including through the future AgoraEU programme.
  7. Calls for incorporating media literacy into curricula from primary education, using age-appropriate and evidence-based approaches.
  8. Asks for a European guide and workshops on media literacy, including guidance for parents and caregivers.
  9. Calls for training educators and librarians, and for public awareness campaigns on digital environments and parental controls.
  10. Promotes lifelong learning for adults, elderly, and vulnerable groups, and supports public libraries and community centres as hubs.
  11. Calls for monitoring and evaluation of national media literacy actions with measurable indicators.

Who is affected

  • Member States and their education systems, which must integrate media literacy into curricula and ensure oversight.
  • Online platforms, especially very large ones, which must assess risks and implement mitigation measures.
  • Influencers and content creators, who may face new rules and codes of conduct.
  • Educators, librarians, and parents, who receive training and guidance.
  • Vulnerable groups, including minors, elderly, and people with disabilities, who are targeted for outreach.

Figures and deadlines

  • 97 % of young people in the EU use the internet daily.
  • Young people aged 15-24 use social media as main source of information.