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What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 28 Aug 2026
on the impact of social media and the online environment on young people
To · adopted text· 17 Sept 2026
Impact of social media and the online environment on young people
AI:What changed, in short
The text no longer asks for research data to be broken down by gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, sex characteristics and disability, keeping only a general reference to disaggregated data with privacy safeguards.1
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Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
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AI summary:Drops the requirement to collect disaggregated data by gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, sex characteristics and disability, leaving only disaggregated data in full respect of privacy safeguards.
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Changed:78. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt targeted and inclusive measures to protect children and young people in vulnerable situations in the digital environment, including by ensuring safe, accessible and inclusive online spaces, promoting fair representation, developing and supporting awareness-raising campaigns, and guaranteeing rapid, affordable and geographically accessible mental health and psychological support services; stresses the need to ensure that digital, media and AI literacy programmes are equally accessible to all children and young people, paying particular attention to those most at risk; underlines the importance of collecting disaggregated data, including by gender and age, as well as, where appropriate, by racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, sex characteristics and disability,data in full respect of privacy safeguards, when conducting research, in order to better understand differential impacts on vulnerable groups and inform targeted policy responses;