The EU KIDS Act has been proposed, but it has not been approved yet.

It may change. It may take time. The final rules may be different from what is being discussed today.
But perhaps that is not the most important point.

Do we really need a law before we start thinking about how to make Internet access safer for children?

From a business perspective, waiting for regulation may make sense. From a moral perspective, the question is different.

If we already have the technology to reduce children’s exposure to inappropriate content and certain social media platforms, why should we wait until someone tells us that we must use it?

ISPs and System Integrators provide something that has become essential to everyday life: Internet access.
Traditionally, the priorities have been clear: provide a reliable connection, good coverage, sufficient bandwidth and a stable service.

All of this remains essential.

But today there is another question worth asking: Can we also provide a safer way for children to access that same Internet?

Not by deciding what every person should or should not be allowed to access.
Not by restricting the Internet for everyone. And certainly not by taking control away from parents.
Instead, we can give families a choice.

Imagine a WiFi network offering two different access options.

👨‍👩‍👧 Children & Family Access
A safer Internet experience where access to selected social media platforms and inappropriate content categories can be restricted.

🌐 Standard Access
Regular Internet access for adults, without the restrictions configured for children.

The infrastructure remains the same. The Internet service remains available to everyone.

What changes is the possibility of choosing the appropriate access experience for the person using it.
This is an important distinction. Protecting children online should not mean creating a restricted Internet for everybody.
Protect children, not restrict everyone.

And when a useful tool already exists, companies have a choice: wait until its use becomes an obligation, or make it available because they believe it provides value to their customers and their families.

For ISPs, this can mean offering more than connectivity.
For System Integrators, it can mean designing networks that consider not only performance and security, but also the people who will actually use them. For parents, it means having another tool available to help create a safer digital environment for their children. Not because a law says they must have it. Because the technology already allows us to offer it.

HSNM already makes this possible

With HSNM Hotspot Manager, different access policies can be provided using the same WiFi infrastructure. Family DNS can be used to restrict specific content categories, while custom blacklists and whitelists provide additional control where required. Categories are updated every day.

There is one final point that we believe is important to make. No technology should give us a false sense of security.
Family DNS is an important tool for reducing children’s exposure to inappropriate online content, but no filtering system is infallible. Children can encounter risks in ways that technology cannot always anticipate or prevent. A filter cannot explain why something is dangerous. It cannot answer a child’s questions.
And it cannot replace an attentive parent, teacher or responsible adult. Technology can provide an additional layer of protection. Dialogue, education and adult attention remain the most effective ones. That is why we see Family DNS not as a replacement for parental responsibility, but as another tool to support it.

The EU KIDS Act may eventually establish new obligations.
Until then, perhaps the better question is not: “When will we be required to do this?” Perhaps it is: “If we can already help make the Internet safer for children, why wouldn’t we?”