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This year, the fifth annual European Conference on Algorithmic Fairness (ECAF, previously EWAF) took place in Ghent, Belgium, and ECAT was there as an event partner.

Recent ECAT publications support online platform providers in identifying potential risks and mitigations measures and shine a light on the opportunities offered to young people through social media.

The Joint Research Centre is conducting a study to understand how adolescents and young people across the EU use, perceive and trust AI chatbots for emotional support and life advice.

Following the 2025 ECAT Workshop, this publication gathers the abstracts that were accepted through the event's call for contributions and insights from the day's discussions.

The Commission has launched a call for proposals for a project to scale, facilitate and accelerate research and analysis on the information environment and information integrity.

A new Joint Research Centre report, “Banning Mobile Phones in Schools: A Comprehensive Analysis of Media Coverage Across Countries,” provides a systematic, comparative examination of how this debate is framed in the media.

Group of European experts met with ECAT and DG Connect in November to share progress on their projects related to systemic risks.

The 2025 ECAT Research Workshop brought together researchers from across Europe to explore how the online world is experienced by children and young people, as well as insights directly from local students.

JRC Researchers from the Algorithmic Transparency Unit returned from the world’s leading conference on recommender systems with one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field.