EU KIDS Act: the Commission asks for feedback on age limits and safety-by-design duties for platforms, games, AI chatbots and app stores, until 26 November

EU KIDS Act: the Commission asks for feedback on age limits and safety-by-design duties for platforms, games, AI chatbots and app stores, until 26 November

2 October 2026 — The European Commission opened a feedback period on 2 October 2026 on its proposed EU KIDS Act, a regulation on protecting children online. Feedback can be given until 26 November 2026, midnight Brussels time. The Commission will summarise the responses for the European Parliament and the Council, which now negotiate the text.

Not yet independently verified. This rests on the Commission’s own announcement and explainer; the age thresholds below are from the explainer as summarised by our research reader, and we have not read the full legal proposal. We will update this when it can be confirmed, and remove this note.

What the proposal does

The Commission describes four parts: "a social media delay, strong safety-by-design rules, privacy preserving age assurance, and effective enforcement". According to its explainer:

• Age limits on social media: no accounts below 13, accounts supervised by a parent at 13 and 14, and independent accounts from 15.
• Safety by design for the services children use most, including social media, video platforms, online games, AI chatbots and app stores: no addictive design features, no contact from strangers by default, safe default settings, and no spending traps.
• Age assurance that protects privacy, so services can apply the rules without collecting more data than needed.
• Enforcement directly at EU level for the largest platforms.

The Commission is asking for views from children, parents, teachers and "online platforms covered by the proposal".

Who should respond

• Social-media, video, gaming and app-store businesses serving EU users: the design duties would change product features, onboarding and monetisation, especially in-game purchases.
• AI chatbot providers: the proposal names chatbots explicitly, which brings consumer AI assistants into child-safety rules.
• Age-verification and identity vendors: the age-assurance rules will shape which methods are acceptable across the EU.
• Ed-tech and children's content businesses that rely on platform distribution.

What to do

Read the proposal and the explainer, map which of your features would be affected, and send evidence-based feedback by 26 November. Companies also subject to the Digital Services Act should compare the new duties with what they already do for minors.

Sources

• European Commission, Shaping Europe’s digital future: Commission seeks feedback on EU KIDS Act — 2 October 2026
• European Commission: The KIDS Act explained (read 2 October 2026) — 2 October 2026