Overview
- The national study, presented May 29–30, surveyed nearly 100,000 children and adolescents and provides the most detailed region‑level evidence yet on digital risks for young people in Spain.
- Galicia figures show 13.5% of pupils report clear emotional distress and 7.6% an elevated suicide risk, with girls at 10.2% compared with boys at 4.8%, and one in three young people who had a partner reporting digital dating violence.
- Asturias data record an average first mobile at about 11 years, first exposure to porn around 12, 2.4% identified as problematic online gamblers and 5.9% with elevated suicide risk, illustrating varied regional patterns.
- The report finds parental mediation is uneven—only about 36% of Galician parents limit what children upload and roughly half set time rules—and urges family and school interventions such as digital hygiene and delaying first phones until age 14.
- Researchers and UNICEF argue the platform design of instant rewards and constant stimulation undermines emotional regulation and attention, and they are campaigning for industry accountability through measures like the 'Algorimo seguro ya' petition ahead of the Mobile World Congress.