European Union Announces Plan to Ban Social Media for Children Under 13
The proposed Kids Act would make platforms prove services are safe for minors and allow supervised accounts for 13- and 14-year-olds.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Wednesday that the European Union plans to ban social media for children under 13, with usage restrictions imposed on older minors.
- This move follows a global push to restrict children's access to social media, with Australia banning users under 16 in December 2025, and France, Spain, Denmark, and Sweden already pursuing local age restrictions.
- Under the proposed Kids Act, the European Commission would require social media platforms to prove their safety for minors, while 13- and 14-year olds would access "mini accounts" capped at one hour of daily usage.
- Fava, a partner at Pinsent Masons, said the Kids Act would "be a new EU behemoth" comparable to the Digital Services Act, offering companies a coherent rulebook instead of fragmented member state laws.
- Von der Leyen asserted that regulators, not Big Tech, decide the rules and plans to invite leading AI labs for talks on slowing technology development to address "massive risks," including "hacking on a level we never thought possible.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday announced that the European Union will propose the EU KIDS Act, introducing age-based restrictions and stronger safeguards for children using social media platforms.
On 17 September, the European Commission will propose a new Children's Act (Kids Act), which will prohibit access to social networks for children under 13 years of age, announced the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.The European Commission...
Brussels, 16 Sep (EFE).- The European Commission will present this Thursday its proposal to restrict children's access to social networks, the "EU Kids Act", after the president of the Community Executive, Ursula von der Leyen, advanced today to the Eurocamera which will propose to ban their use to children under 13 years [...] The entry Brussels faces the challenge of implementing its future law on minors on social networks was first published …
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The project called “KIDS Act” will be presented to Parliament tomorrow and requires the approval of the 27 EU countries; fines against operators could reach up to 6% of their worldwide turnover in case of non-compliance
More than 20 countries are in this case, including seven countries where access restrictions are in force or are in the process of being applied, according to an AFP count. All these measures are aimed at persons under 15 or 16 years of age. As regards the EU, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced on Wednesday his proposals: ban for persons under 13 years of age and obligation to "mini-accounts" for restricted…
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