UGC trends: your teen-targeted UGC games have a 12-month shelf life.
UAE and UK just dropped under-16 bans. This is not a legal team problem. It's a product one. 438#
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The “we’re a game, not a social platform” defence has a 12-month shelf life.
UAE: under-15 ban, 12months clock started on June 18th. Behavioural ads to minors prohibited.
UK: under-16 ban, Spring 2027 deadline. Livestreaming and stranger-contact restrictions
Regulators stopped tightening social media. They’re tightening games now.
If your DAU under 16 sits in voice chat, party systems, UGC creation, or co-op-with-strangers loops, your product just got a deadline.
Not your legal team. Your product.
Planning to reprioritize your tickets in JIRA? Or are you still betting the legal definition holds?
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