EU KIDS Act

pona-a 18 points 7 comments October 01, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)

BartShoot

Hearing about it from privacy activists and movements like stop killing games is a little devastating, the law in this shape should not pass and its horrible that it even is drafted/proposed in it's current shape.

nickslaughter02

Leaked: https://drive.proton.me/urls/7FGQYQ01Y0#tWUq468D53Nj This Regulation applies to providers of the following services or systems accessible to minors: (a) online social networking services; (b) video-sharing platform services; (c) software application stores (d) online games; (e) operating systems; (f) AI companions; (g) general conversational chatbots.

nilslindemann

If these people were serious, they would simply forbid children under—say—16 years of age from using the internet unless an adult is present in the room. Using computers without an internet connection should remain permitted, provided there is no harmful content on the device.

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