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The EU wants to protect children online. What about everyone else?

The EU's new EU Kids Act wants to protect minors from addictive platform designs. Critics warn that age-based protection alone may deepen exclusion for disabled users, migrants and the undocumented.

  • EU unveils Kids Act on September 17th to protect children online.
  • Act introduces age-based access thresholds and bans addictive design for under-18s.
  • Digital rights groups criticize Act for treating age as sole vulnerability marker.

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