TREE NEWS update: The European Union has drafted legislation aimed at protecting children online that would designate social media platforms, online games and chatbot tools as regulated targets. Companies covered by the draft would face penalties of up to 6% of global revenue for violations. The draft has not yet been adopted.
EU Draft Child Protection Bill Targets Social Media, Online Gaming, Chatbots With Fines Up to 6% of Global Revenue
AI take
The draft's reach is its real signal: by naming social media, online games and chatbots together, it treats engagement-driven design and conversational AI as one regulatory category rather than separate sectors. That matters most for platforms whose products are built around younger users, and for chatbot developers who have so far faced lighter scrutiny than social networks. The 6% global-revenue ceiling is the enforcement lever worth watching, since it mirrors the severity of existing EU digital rules. The open question is whether the draft survives adoption in this form, and how broadly chatbots end up being defined.
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