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Advocacy Group Stop Killing Games Sounds Alarm On EU Kids Act: ‘This Is Such A Horrible Law Proposal’

The European Commission has proposed the KIDS Act to enhance online safety for children, opening the proposal for public feedback until November 26. While the Commission aims to strengthen child protections, the advocacy group Stop Killing Games claims the proposal is a "bomb" that could "implode the whole video games industry." Other critics argue the act may create democratic shortcuts or pose technical challenges for decentralized platforms like Mastodon, while some experts maintain that making social networks safer is preferable to outright bans.

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  • ✓ The European Commission has published a proposal for a new KIDS Act to protect children online.
  • ✓ The EU KIDS Act proposal is open for feedback until November 26.
🛡️ Source Corroboration: 13 independent reporting domains (90% confidence) ⏱ Read time: ~2 min

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The Stop Killing Games movement has issued a public warning describing the EU KIDS Act as a "horrible law proposal."

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  1. Stop Killing Games Warns EU KIDS Act Could Implode Video Game Industry

    The European Commission has proposed the KIDS Act to enhance online safety for children, opening the proposal for public feedback until November 26. While the Commission aims to strengthen child protections, the advocacy group Stop Killing Games claims the proposal is a "bomb" that could "implode the whole video games industry." Other critics argue the act may create democratic shortcuts or pose technical challenges for decentralized platforms like Mastodon, while some experts maintain that making social networks safer is preferable to outright bans.

    Why it matters

    The proposal arrives amid ongoing debates over how to regulate relational AI and age verification for minors. It seeks to establish a legal framework where firms may be held financially accountable for harms caused to children online.

    What is confirmed

    • The European Commission has published a proposal for a new KIDS Act to protect children online.
    • The EU KIDS Act proposal is open for feedback until November 26.

    Still unconfirmed

    • A ban on social networks is not the solution to making them safer for children.

    What to watch next

    • Formal legislative amendments to the KIDS Act based on industry warnings.
    Sources used for this update (13)
    1. europeanscientist.com — Relational AI for Minors: Where the Evidence Supports Regulation – and Where It Does Not Yet
    2. Baltic News Network — Experts: Social networks need to be made safer for children; a ban is not the solution · BNN
    3. Kotaku — Stop Killing Games Issues EU Kids Act Warning
    4. JDSupra — EU: Commission Proposes A New KIDS Act To Protect Children Online
    5. Center for Democracy and Technology — Op-Ed: A Safer Internet Should Not Come with Democratic Shortcuts
    6. The Law Society of Ireland — Firms ’should pay price’ for harm to children
    7. Latham & Watkins LLP — EU KIDS Act: EU Commission Publishes Proposal on Child Protection Online
    8. The Malta Independent Online — Ban first, read later
    9. edmo.eu — Digital Media Literacy in EDMO: Voices from the Community – Mediawijs
    10. MLex — EU Kids Act proposal open for feedback until Nov. 26
    11. Massively Overpowered — Stop Killing Games movement sounds alarm on EU Kids Act: ‘This is a bomb that could implode the whole video games industry’
    12. heise online — Age verification in the Fediverse: How the KIDS Act challenges Mastodon
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