Great regional differences as regards responsibility for youth protection on the Internet

In a second step, the results were analysed considering the different geographical origin of the respondents. The answers from 26 countries were clustered into four regions to measure whether there are regional differences in Europe.

The countries from the southern region locate most responsibility for youth protection on the Internet with the governmental authorities, while the countries from the central region see three main actors as responsible for youth protection on the Internet: Content providers in first place followed by the self-regulation organisations and in third place the users themselves.

With 75%, the users themselves were seen as most responsible in the eastern region and just as in the southern region, the legislator is located in the second place for taking responsibility.

With these answers, it becomes very clear how the different European backgrounds, with regard to the historical experiences and political situation, lead to different judgements about the responsibility for youth protection on the Internet.

Results differentiated according to four regions of Europe. (n=126)

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