00:00The European Commission adopted the EU Kids Act establishing strict age restrictions and safety standards for social media platforms across
00:07the block.
00:07This legislation prohibits children under 13 from accessing social networks and sets 15 as a minimum age for opening independent
00:15personal accounts.
00:16Under the new regulatory framework, teenagers aged 13 and 14 will only access supervised mini-accounts capped at one hour
00:24of daily screen time.
00:25The law imposed heavy obligations on tech companies to ban addictive algorithms, infinite scrolling and AI chatbots simulating emotional dependency
00:35while reversing the burden of proof to require platforms to audit and verify that their digital services are safe by
00:41design.
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