The Authority attends the presentation of the BEE SECURE Radar 2026 report on ICT use by young people in Luxembourg

On February 10, the Competition Authority's Online Platforms department took part in the presentation of BEE SECURE's 5^th report on current trends in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by young people in Luxembourg.

This year's BEE SECURE Radar brings together the results of surveys conducted during the 2024-2025 school year, with a particular focus on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and, in particular, chatbots.

In particular, the Authority notes that among 17-30 year-olds :

• 57% believe that chatting or communicating online helps improve their mental well-being; but that
• 59% say that social networks have an adverse effect on their mental well-being, while around a third spend four hours or more a day on them;
• around 4/5 say they are at least occasionally exposed to hate speech;
• 84% use chatbots at least occasionally;
• 42% consider that AI can represent a form of presence, but 76% still prefer real company;
• 1/3 believe that AI has a negative influence on their critical thinking and 40% that it has no particular impact.

On the other hand, 62% of parents of children (aged 3-11) and 97% of parents of teenagers (aged 12-16) say they have already discussed Internet-related risks, but actual online experiences are less often discussed.

As the Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) in charge of implementing the Digital Services Act (DSA) in Luxembourg, the Authority is closely monitoring the lessons learned from these reports.

In this context, Alexandre Gonçalves, a lawyer with the Authority's Online Platforms department, highlighted the essential role of BEE SECURE as a trusted flagger for reporting suspected illegal content to online platforms in order to facilitate its removal. Platforms are then obliged to treat their reports as a priority.