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European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee adopted report on protection of minors online

On 16 October 2025, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) adopted its report on the Protection of minors online (2025/2060(INI)). The report calls for an EU-wide digital minimum age of 16 for acces…

Scope

Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, ML and AI development, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2025-10-16
adopted

On 16 October 2025, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protect…

2025-11-26
adopted

On 26 November 2025, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the protection of minors onlin…