Useful links

Official European Union sources specific to the EU KIDS Act (proposal) that a practitioner is likely to need day to day, grouped by type and ordered by likely usefulness. All links were checked on 7 October 2026.

1. The proposal and its procedure

• Proposal for a Regulation: EU KIDS Act, COM(2026) 681 final (EUR-Lex; the full document, with the explanatory memorandum and financial statement) eur-lex.europa.eu
• Legislative procedure 2026/0286(COD): steps and documents (EUR-Lex) eur-lex.europa.eu
• Procedure file 2026/0286(COD) (European Parliament Legislative Observatory) oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu
• Staff working document: analysis of impacts accompanying the proposal, SWD(2026) 681 (EUR-Lex) eur-lex.europa.eu
• Communication accompanying the KIDS Act: an EU approach to online child safety, COM(2026) 680 (EUR-Lex) eur-lex.europa.eu

2. European Commission materials

• Proposal for EU KIDS Act, with its accompanying documents (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
• The KIDS Act explained: questions and answers (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
• Press release IP/26/1890: EU KIDS Act to restrict social media platforms’ access to children in the EU (17 September 2026) ec.europa.eu
• Factsheet: EU KIDS Act (European Commission) ec.europa.eu
• Special panel on child safety online (European Commission) commission.europa.eu

3. Related EU law and guidance

• Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act), Official Journal text eur-lex.europa.eu
• Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), Official Journal text eur-lex.europa.eu
• Guidelines on the protection of minors online (Article 28 of the Digital Services Act) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
• The EU approach to age verification (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
• European strategy for a better internet for kids, BIK+ (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu

4. Support and reporting

• Better Internet for Kids portal, including the Safer Internet Centres better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu