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The European Commission has adopted the EU KIDS Act to enhance the online safety of children throughout the Union. The proposal prohibits social media platforms from accessing children under the age of 13 and sets an EU-wide minimum age for minors to open an account of their own at the age of 15, thereby ensuring a gradual approach. The KIDS Act also reverses the burden of proof. Now, service providers will have to show that their services are age-appropriate and safe by design. Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen , said: “Today, our children are engaging with the most sophisticated technologies ever created. Technology that was never created with their wellbeing in mind.

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