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United Arab Emirates: Legislation Issued Banning Under-15s from Social Media
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Fusion42 · 16 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
UAE issues Resolution 106/2026 banning under-15s from social media with mandatory age verification, restricted accounts for 15-16 year olds, and prohibitions on targeted advertising and data profiling. The rules take effect June 2027 and apply to all platforms operating in or directed at UAE users.
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If you run a social platform or an age-verification service, you have twelve months to build compliant detection and blocking for under-15s across the UAE—and to prove it works to regulators. The ban on behavioural profiling and targeted ads to minors just became enforceable law in a high-value market; if your ad stack relies on that, you need new logic for MENA users.
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