EU Under-15 Social Media & AI Ban Impact Simulator

Compliance Status
Strict Restriction
High Friction Mandate

Verified Youth Reach

42.5%

Adolescent cohort active

Verification Friction Score

88.4/100

High Drop-off Risk

Parental Override Rate

14.2%

Cryptographic Consent

Est. Penalty Exposure (EUR)
€125,000,000
DSA Article 34 Ceiling

Policy Levers

Regulatory Presets:

Target Age Limit: 15 Years

13 (Standard) 15 (Reuters EU Prop) 18 (Full Majority)

Platform Scope:

Parental Consent Mode:

Enforcement Severity:

Mechanism Note: Under the European Commission's 2026 youth safety framework reported by Reuters, age-gate thresholds under 15 require non-circumventable proof for interactive LLMs and social graphs.

Parental Consent Friction vs. Youth Protection Efficacy Live D3 Operating Point

Youth Access & Retention by Age Cohort Simulated cohort access probability

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE RUNNER TELEMETRY

Canonical Slug: eu-under-fifteen-policy-sim-25-2

Enforcement Strictness: high

Parental Verification Tier: cryptographic_id

Platform Target: social_and_ai

Calculated Non-Compliance Risk: Severe Systemic Liability

Verification Method Efficacy: 91.6% Leakage Reduction

Source Grounding: Modeled directly from Reuters report: \"EU is set to propose ban on social media and AI chatbots for under-15s\" (Reuters @Reuters 2099616728351146299). Simulates trade-offs between adolescent safety safeguards, digital sovereign ID mandates, verification drop-offs, and DSA-aligned corporate penalty limits.