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DigitalEurope's Bonefeld-Dahl backs a single EU-wide Kids Act over national patchwork

DigitalEurope's Director General Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl says child safety online is a shared responsibility for industry and backs a single EU-wide Kids Act rather than a patchwork of 27 national rules, in an interview published on the trade body's site.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted DigitalEurope news article, 18 September 2026

What the source does not establish. This records DigitalEurope's stated position, not any change to the Kids Act text or its adoption terms.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Position piece, no institutional move; EU-wide industry body's stance on Kids Act harmonisation. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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