{"slug": "eu-proposes-banning-kids-under-13-from-social-media", "title": "EU proposes banning kids under 13 from social media", "summary": "The European Union proposed the EU Kids Act, which would ban children under 13 from social media, online games, and AI chatbots, with parent-chaperoned \"mini accounts\" for children aged 13 to 15. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, \"I am aware that many perceive the power of Big Tech as overwhelming and impossible to roll back. I disagree.\" The measure will be formally unveiled tomorrow before eventually going to a vote by the 27-nation bloc.", "body_md": "T\n\nEU proposes banning kids under 13 from social media, online games, and AI chatbots.\n\nThe EU Kids Act will be formally unveiled tomorrow where it will eventually be put to a vote by the 27 nation bloc. Parent-chaperoned “mini accounts” are proposed for children 13 to 15.\n\n“I am aware that many perceive the power of Big Tech as overwhelming and impossible to roll back. I disagree,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “We do not have to accept addictive features. We do not have to accept children being drawn into ever more extreme content. We do not have to accept that girls have their photos used for AI-generated sexualized images.”\n\n**Follow topics and authors** from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.\n\nLoading comments\n\nGetting the conversation ready...", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-proposes-banning-kids-under-13-from-social-media", "canonical_source": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/996150/eu-proposes-banning-kids-under-13-from-social-media-online-games-and-ai-chatbots", "published_at": "2026-09-17 12:43:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-17 12:56:17.514632+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["European Union", "Ursula von der Leyen", "European Commission", "EU Kids Act", "Big Tech"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-proposes-banning-kids-under-13-from-social-media", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-proposes-banning-kids-under-13-from-social-media.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-proposes-banning-kids-under-13-from-social-media.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-proposes-banning-kids-under-13-from-social-media.jsonld"}}