; (B) readily accessible and easy-to-use controls to enable or disable safeguards or parental tools, as appropriate; and (C) information and control options in the same language, form, and manner as the covered platform provides the product or service used by minors and their parents. (2) Dark patterns prohibition It shall be unlawful for any covered platform to design, embed, modify, or manipulate a user interface of a covered platform with the purpose or substantial effect of obscuring, subverting, or impairing user autonomy, decision making, or choice with respect to safeguards or parental tools required under this section. (3) Timing considerations (A) No interruption to gameplay Subsections (a)(1)(C) and (b)(3) shall not require an online video game to interrupt the natural sequence of game play, such as progressing through game levels or finishing a competition. (B) Application of changes to offline devices or accounts If a user’s device or user account does not have access to the internet at the time of a change to parental tools, a covered platform shall apply changes the next time the device or user is connected to the internet. (4) Rules of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to— (A) prevent a covered platform from taking reasonable measures to— (i) block, detect, or prevent the distribution of unlawful, obscene, or other harmful material to minors as described in section 102(a); or (ii) block or filter spam, prevent criminal activity, or protect the security of a platform or service; (B) require the disclosure of a minor’s browsing behavior, search history, messages, contact list, or other content or metadata of their communications; (C) prevent a covered platform from using a personalized recommendation system to display content to a minor if the system only uses information on— (i) the language spoken by the minor; (ii) the city the minor is located in; or (iii) the minor’s age