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As announced by EU Commissioner Von der Leyen in her State of the Union address, the EU Commission unveiled a gradual and differentiated approach to protect children online, where “each age benefits from a tailored protection level”.
This edition features the Commission’s proposal for a Kids Act; the European Parliament’s adoption of a report calling for an EU strategy to protect minors online; Parliament’s call for stronger enforcement of the Digital Services Act to address systemic online risks; the provisions of the Payment Services Regulation on combatting fraud that are relevant to telecoms providers and online platforms; and an opinion by an adviser to the EU’s top court in a data protection case concerning consent to direct marketing by unidentified partners.
This resolution gives useful indications on the likely position of the European Parliament in the adoption process of the EU Kids Act and of the proposal to review the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which is expected in the last quarter of 2026. In particular, the Parliament is not calling for a social media delay but has a strong emphasis on the need for privacy preserving age assurance systems.
This report highlights a new co-regulatory code on age classification of audiovisual content, an agreement on amendments to a draft law aiming to ban access to social media for minors under 16, a consultation on the review of the market for wholesale broadcasting transmission services (ex-market 18), and more.
The European Parliament has approved the report of its Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield. It calls for stronger enforcement of the Digital Services Act regarding systemic risks linked to disinformation, AI and recommender systems. It also urges platforms to avoid the undue content moderation of lawful editorial media content and calls for risk-mitigation measures that give due prominence to editorially independent media and verified sources.
Mexico’s telecoms regulator, CRT, published a new set of binding guidelines to protect media audiences from advertisements that pose as programme content; to provide access to disabled media consumers and to grant other rights to media audiences generally. These will apply from 27 September 2026 to all media outlets.
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