{"id":21929,"date":"2026-09-15T17:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21929"},"modified":"2026-09-15T17:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:03:20","slug":"eu-to-propose-curbing-social-media-online-games-for-kids-under-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21929","title":{"rendered":"EU to propose curbing social media, online games for kids under 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || 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style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>The European Union is set to propose curbing access to social media, video-sharing platforms, chatbots, and online games to children under the age of 15, according to a draft legal document seen by AFP.<\/p>\n<p>A proposed new law \u2014 to be formally presented Thursday \u2014 would mean banning minors under 15 from opening their own accounts, with a tiered system of access under parental supervision for younger children.<\/p>\n<p>As well as age limits, the new \u201cEU KIDS Act\u201d would force digital giants to make their platforms \u201csafe by design\u201d for children, meaning certain \u201caddictive\u201d features such as so-called infinite scrolling would have to be removed, the draft showed.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission has come under pressure from several EU member states including France and Greece to take bloc-wide measures to protect children from social media harms, a push that intensified after Australia banned under 16s from such platforms.<\/p>\n<p>EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will provide a glimpse of what to expect from the new law on Wednesday, during her annual address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.<\/p>\n<p>She will then join EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen the following day to present the proposal, which according to the draft would ban addictive features such as endless scrolling, artificial notifications, and some reward features for children.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission, the EU\u2019s digital watchdog, refused to comment on details of the draft seen by AFP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are the key proposals in the draft, which remains subject to change until the text is published on Thursday:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Gradual age limit \u2013<\/p>\n<p>The new law \u201csets an EU-wide minimum age for minors to open an autonomous account at the age of 15,\u201d the draft says, with a tiered system applying to younger children.<\/p>\n<p>Minors aged 13 and 14 will have to ask their parents to set up \u201cintroductory\u201d accounts on social media, AI or gaming platforms, with limited features and strict screen time use.<\/p>\n<p>Those accounts would also be under parents\u2019 control.<\/p>\n<p>Those aged between three and 13\u00a0can access \u201cfully parent-controlled accounts on \u2018childfriendly\u2019 services\u201d with strict safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>Below the age of three, children in the 27-nation bloc would have no access at all to social media and other \u201crisky services\u201d, the draft says.<\/p>\n<p>The EU is simultaneously preparing to roll out an age check app to ensure children are kept off such platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The rules on gradual access make the EU\u2019s approach different to that chosen by Australia, where parents cannot consent to children below 16 having any access to social media.<\/p>\n<p>The law\u2019s enforcement will be paid for by a supervisory fee on platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The EU already has powerful laws to protect children including the content rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), with which it has told Meta\u2019s Facebook and Instagram, and TikTok, to change their addictive design.<\/p>\n<p>But in the document, the EU admits the \u201cexisting rules do not suffice\u201d, since there is no \u201coutright ban on common problematic features\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It said the new law would build on enforcement of the DSA, which allows in theory for fines of up to six percent of a company\u2019s annual global turnover.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018Safe design\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s approach \u201cneeds to limit the access of tech companies to our children, and not the other way around\u201d, the document says.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside a ban on addictive features, the draft says the EU would regulate so-called recommender systems \u2014\u00a0the algorithms that feed users more personalised content \u2014 to control the content promoted to children and avoid harm.<\/p>\n<p>The EU wants children\u2019s accounts to remain 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