These model provisions were designed to establish a comprehensive framework for the
protection of minors in digital environments. As children and adolescents increasingly
engage with online platforms, social media, gaming services, and other digital technologies, they face unique vulnerabilities that existing regulatory frameworks often fail to adequately address.

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These model provisions aim to fill that gap by offering policy makers and drafters a wide range of potential policy and regulatory options on this subject, without prejudging or prescribing any particular policy or legislative choice.

The model provisions will, of course, need to be adapted to the legal and policy context in
which they are used. In particular, obligations and powers may need to be assigned to
authorities and persons other than those set out in the model provisions.
The model provisions were primarily drafted by one large language model, Claude Sonnet,
with input from several large language models during the references collection and ideation phase. They have undergone substantive human editing. The model provisions do not constitute a single, integrated, or internally consistent document. To avoid prejudging any decisions, we have deliberately left some variations and overlaps.

To make use of the model provisions effectively, the following four steps are recommended:

•  Select the provisions deemed relevant;
• Adapt them to the relevant context;
• Merge and reorganise them as necessary;

These model provisions may be further supplemented, particularly regarding enforcement
mechanisms. Regulators are invited to refer to the Institute’s broader corpus of resources,
including:

• The Cross-Sectoral Standard Model Provisions;
• The List of Sanctions and Accompanying Measures;
• The List of Powers and Obligations;
• The Model Provisions on Vulnerable Persons and Persons with Special Needs; and
• The Model Law on Cross-Border Internet Activities and Virtual Worlds.

Taken together, these instruments may serve to reinforce, operationalise, and expand the
present provisions, thereby ensuring a more coherent and effective legislative regime for the protection of minors online.

For questions regarding this version of the model provisions, or to request or contribute to further sets, please do not hesitate to contact us: manager@regulatoryinstitute.org.