By Sara Brandstätter ( September 17, 2026, 08:37 GMT | Insight) -- A broad range of technology companies, from social-media and video-sharing platforms to online games, app stores and AI chatbot providers, would fall within the EU’s new approach to protecting children online, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed at a press conference Thursday unveiling the new Kids Act. She said the proposal would combine a graduated model for social-media access with safety-by-design and privacy-preserving age-assurance obligations, placing the burden on platforms to show their services are safe for minors.Social-media and video-sharing platforms, online video games, app stores, AI companions and chatbots offering services to minors would face new EU child-safety duties under the proposed Kids Act, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed Thursday (see here)....
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