EU Kids Act
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COM(2026) 681/3 · 2026/0286 (COD)

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Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL EU KIDS ACT - 'EU Keeping Internet Digital Spaces Accountable and Trustworthy'

COM(2026) 681/3 · Proposal

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Article 4 Anti-circumvention

Providers of online social networking services, of video-sharing platform services, of online games, of software application stores, of operating systems, of AI companions, and of general conversational chatbots:

(a)

shall not engage in any behaviour that undermines effective compliance with their respective obligations under this Regulation, regardless of whether that behaviour is of a contractual, commercial or technical nature, or of any other nature, or consists in the use of behavioural techniques or interface design;

(b)

shall be prohibited from taking knowingly and intentionally any other actions whose object or effect is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent their respective obligations under this Regulation, with a view to avoiding compliance with those obligations.