Restrictions on rules by the parents, to regulate minors' online activities (2025)

This table illustrates the prevalence of specific digital rules and restrictions imposed by parents on their children's online activities in five European countries: Belgium, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. This 2025 survey reveals that the primary strategy is active monitoring, with 45% of parents maintaining visibility over their children’s social media profiles and posts. This is closely followed by gatekeeping measures, such as requiring permission to install apps (36%) and enforcing screen time limits (36%). While 31% of parents forbid specific apps or platforms entirely, technical privacy management is less common: only 28% of parents actively review and adjust the privacy settings of their children's games and apps. The least prevalent restrictions involve controlling the physical environment or social circle: only 13% of parents limit device use to the home or parental hardware, and 16% restrict follow requests.