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EU Commission Publishes Guidelines on Online Protection of Minors

On 14 July 2025, the European Commission released guidance under the Digital Services Act ('"DSA"), aiming to improve online safety for children and adolescents across digital platforms.

Key measures include setting minors' accounts to private by default, improving content recommendations to reduce exposure to harmful material, empowering users to block others and avoid unwanted group additions, restricting downloads/screenshots of minors' posts, limiting persuasive design features and AI chatbot risks, and shielding children from manipulative monetisation tactics like loot boxes.

The guidelines highlight the importance of effective age verification tools that are accurate, non-intrusive, and non-discriminatory, while cautioning against disproportionate restrictions on children's rights. Although they are not legally binding, the guidelines provide a key reference point for assessing DSA