MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Harmful and dangerous online content for minors – E-000640/2025

Question for written answer  E-000640/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Renew)

The Center for Countering Digital Hate recently published a report[1] on YouTube’s recommending videos on eating disorders to young girls in the EU. One of its many findings is the fact that YouTube is failing to remove harmful content; almost three out of four recommended videos showed eating disorder or weight loss content. Furthermore, researchers found that YouTube’s mitigation measures, which Google committed to in its DSA risk assessment report entitled Report of Systemic Risk Assessments, [2]are either lacking or incomplete.

How is the Commission responding to the findings that measures to remove harmful and dangerous online content for minors from the YouTube platform appear to be inconsistent with the commitments stated in the YouTube risk assessment included in Google’s Report of Systemic Risk Assessments?

Submitted: 12.2.2025

• [1] https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/YouTubes-Anorexia-Algorithm_EU_2025-2.pdf.
• [2] https://storage.googleapis.com/transparencyreport/report-downloads/dsa-risk-assessment_2023-8-28_2023-8-28_en_v1.pdf.