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Google Play's Child Safety Standards policy applies to any app that declares itself Social in Play Console, and the presence or absence of child users is explicitly irrelevant. Five declarations now gate a social app
From 26 August 2026 Google Play requires apps whose core function is dating or matchmaking to enable Restrict Minor Access, which also blocks renewals for affected users. Here is the engineering and commercial plan
A wave of 2026 laws made age assurance a shipping requirement for apps, not a nice-to-have. This is what Google Play Age Signals and Apple's Declared Age Range API actually require on Android and iOS, the region
