Recital 18

To ensure that a high level of privacy, safety and security for minors is guaranteed, it is important that the obligations are applied effectively and are not circumvented. Accordingly, providers should not engage in behaviour that would undermine the effectiveness of the obligations laid down in this Regulation. Such behaviour includes the design of the service or the system, the presentation of choices to recipients of the service or user of the system in a non-neutral manner, or using the structure, function or manner of operation of a user interface or a part thereof to subvert or impair user autonomy, decision-making, or choice. For example, minors should not be requested to lower the level of sensitive settings during account creation, such as access to geolocation or camera. They should also not be enticed to circumvent the delayed access obligations. Providers should also limit the creation, by minors, of secondary accounts aimed at circumventing safety by design measures.