About the Event

3rd EUDHIT Digital Humanism symposium with Coral García Dorado, Moira Patterson and Sara Solorova.
Latest information can be found at the EUDHIT website.

The European Digital Humanism Initiative (EUDHIT) supports strengthening societies through Digital Humanism, shaping technology for democracy and inclusion and believes in human values at the core of digital futures.

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Abstract

Symposium “Designed for Harm, Fixed by Ban? Rethinking Child Safety Online”

Children are interacting with online environments that were not designed for them. From algorithmic profiling to misinformation susceptibility, from commercial targeting of minors to gaps in platform accountability, the harms are no longer hypothetical.

However, while banning the technology is rarely an answer, the question still remains: what are the genuine practical steps towards safer design for the most vulnerable?

For our third symposium, we’re bringing together researchers, practitioners, and advocates working in the field of child safety to talk honestly about what they’re seeing, and what genuinely safer design could look like in practice.

Join us for an hour-long fireside chat spanning cognitive psychology, AI policy, platform accountability, and education, followed by 20 minutes of open questions.

Speakers

Coral García Dorado, Head of Disinformation Investigations at Maldita.es – Coral currently coordinates Disinformation Investigations at Maldita.es, where she leads efforts to identify and analyze emerging disinformation and narratives. At Maldita, she was involved in the investigative work uncovering networks of networks of TikTok accounts posting sexualized AI- generated videos of girls and teenagers (more found under Predators on TikTok: a Goldmine for Pedophiles). She previously worked as a fact-checker within the organisation and has extensive experience in project coordination and international partnerships, including coordinating the European Fact-Checking Standards Network project. Coral holds a Master’s degree in Investigative Journalism, Data and Visualization, as well as an MA in International Journalism from Liverpool John Moores University. Her work has also included contributing to initiatives focused on Spanish-speaking communities in the United Kingdom.

Moira Patterson, Global Market Engagement & Strategic Partnerships Director at IEEE SA. Moira oversees key initiatives related to human-centric technology, including around responsible design, age appropriate design and children’s data governance, and digital resilience. She also manages strategic partnerships globally, including institutional relationships and capacity building activities. In her role, Moira has facilitated dialogue among stakeholders (industry, government, academia, and civil society) on the intersection of technology and policy with a lens on societal impact. By supporting standards’ potential to underpin integrity and responsible design of digital ecosystems, Moira contributes to IEEE’s mission of advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

Sara Solarova, AI Law and Ethics Researcher at Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies. Sara is working at the intersection of algorithmic auditing, platform accountability, and EU digital regulation. Her research centres on how social media platforms shape safety outcomes for minors – combining technical auditing methods with legal and policy analysis to study what platforms actually do, not just what they claim to. Her recent work includes an audit of TikTok’s advertising and profiling practices targeting minors, a practice officially prohibited under the Digital Services Act. She publishes across disciplines and contributes to European policy discussions on data access and children’s rights online. Increasingly, her interest extends beyond documentation, where she is drawn to what safer platform design would actually look like in practice, and how audit findings can inform concrete design interventions and safer defaults (not just compliance on paper).

There will be room for discussion and Q&A throughout.

More information is found at the EUDHIT website.

Video

A recording will be posted after the event.

Organization

EUDHIT

TU Wien

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