On 17 September 2026, the European Commission adopted its proposal for an EU Kids Act which sets out a gradual and differentiated approach to protect children online.
To explain how this approach would be implemented, Cullen International publishes a cheat sheet that provides an overview of the proposed rules on:
- age restrictions, including the delayed creation and use of accounts for minors on social media and video-sharing platforms (VSPs);
- safety by-design obligations imposed on social media and VSPs, artificial intelligence (AI) companions and chatbots, online games and app stores, in relation to users below 18;
- the enforcement structure, depending on the type of service.
Clients of our European Media service, can also access it directly on our client portal via the following link:
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