KIDS Act
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- The EU KIDS Act proposes a minimum age of 15 for minors to create autonomous social media accounts, with phased access by age group (3–13 no accounts, 13–15 supervised, 15–18 autonomous with safe-by-design).
- The Act addresses risks from social media such as cyberbullying, stress, anxiety, and sleep difficulties, as only half of children feel safe online.
- It is built on four pillars: social media delay, safety-by-design, age assurance, and strong enforcement.
- Safety-by-design requires no addictive features, safe recommender algorithms, private settings, parental controls, and bans livestreaming for minors.
- Age assurance mandates platforms verify user ages via the EU age verification tool or third-party solutions that preserve privacy and security.
- Enforcement reverses the burden of proof, requiring very large platforms to prove safety by design ex-ante, with 90-day investigations and compliance plans for new features.