https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/eu-commission-proposes-under-13s-social-media-banContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/eu-commission-proposes-under-13s-social-media-banhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/eu-commission-proposes-under-13s-social-media-ban#u77197Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:20:52 +0000The European Commission has proposed sweeping child safety rules under the KIDS Act, targeting social media access, online gaming, and AI chatbots for minors. The regulatory package features potential bans or age-access limits for children under 13 or under 15 depending on the specific proposal, alongside an age-verification app mechanism. And the draft law aims to prevent AI companion apps from forming emotional attachments with teenagers and requires those systems to delete memory data. Estonian social scientists caution that blunt bans fail to resolve underlying issues and might introduce n