Age-appropriate design is gaining ground across Latin America. As Brazil's ECA Digital enters into force, 5Rights and partners are driving momentum for tech accountability across the region.
➡️ 5rightsfoundation.com/momentum-for...
It started with half a sentence in a policy document. It grew into legislation that changed the internet for millions of children.
🎧 The Season 1 finale of Tech This Out! is out now: open.spotify.com/episode/3NYt...
#ChildRights #Podcast
🔜 The season 1 finale of 5Rights youth-led podcast Tech This Out! drops next week - Baroness Beeban Kidron and Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid reflect on years of hard-won progress for children online.
🎧 Catch up on season 1: open.spotify.com/show/4LXwiKp...
🇬🇧 2/3 of UK children use AI chatbots - but without clear legal standards governing what these systems generate, they can expose children to harm.
Baroness Beeban Kidron is in the House of Lords today debating amendments for safeguards to protect them.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Why are some of the world’s most elite schools turning away from screens?
In the latest edition of the #TechThisOut! podcast, 5Rights Youth Ambassador Mithesh speaks with Mark West (UNESCO) about whether EdTech is living up to its promises or leaving students behind.
Cover of report titled An international best practices blueprint for a digital environment designed with children in mind
🆕📢 5 years after General comment No. 25, too many digital products and services still prioritise engagement over children’s safety.
Our new report sets out a global blueprint to change this: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/bui...
Children didn’t choose to grow up in a digital world designed to exploit them. 5 years after GC25 affirmed their rights in the digital world, we join 55+ organizations calling on leaders to enforce rights-respecting, age-appropriate design.
5rightsfoundation.com/resource/unc...
📍 Event: Five years of UNCRC General comment No. 25.
Join 5Rights & #DigitalFutures4Children to reflect on impact + launch two new #GC25 reports exploring global uptake and providing a best practices blueprint.
🗓️ Mon 2 March, 12:00 CET
digital-futures-for-children.net/events/GC25-...
🇬🇧 The UK regulator has fined Reddit £14.5m for failing to protect children’s data.
Relying on self-declared age is not enough – the rules are there, and they must be enforced to keep children safe.
📖 More in @thetimes.com : www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
📚🤖 EdTech is transforming education, but at what cost?
Join 5Rights @LSE DFC for the event: “EdTech at the crossroads of pedagogy vs profit”.
⏰ 12th February 2026, 6:30 - 8pm (UTC)
📍 In-person at LSE and online
🔗 Info + register: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/edtech
#ChildRights #LSEevents
🎧 Students data is regularly being exploited in ways they may not be aware of.
In this edition of #TechThisOut! 5Rights Youth Ambassador Maximillian sits down with Patricia Kosseim, Info and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (Canada) to uncover what happens behind the scenes.
https://loom.ly/dgrEEj0
🆕 🔍 Digital policies are shaping children’s futures, but children aren’t shaping these policies.
New Digital Futures for Children centre review of 300+ policies across 35 countries finds children are mentioned but rarely heard or treated as rights holders.
📄: https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/130444/
AI is here to stay, but children must never be the testing ground.
🇬🇷 At #AIAthens2025, 5Rights Leanda Barrington-Leach, in conversation with George Pagoulatos, Ambassador of Greece to the OECD, called for AI to prioritise children’s rights and safety.
🇬🇷 This Thurs (4th Dec), 5Rights’ Leanda Barrington-Leach joins the Athens Roundtable to discuss protecting children from untested AI and setting limits for frontier AI with Sofia Zacharaki, Greek Minister of Education & Religious Affairs.
Join online: https://loom.ly/VqgkTGs
#AIAthens2025
How can countries with different political systems work together on AI governance?
🎧 Earlier this year on Tech This Out!, Youth Ambassador Skye chatted with UN Envoy Amandeep Singh Gill on why AI governance must put children first.
Listen: https://loom.ly/NrwuB8A
🇪🇺 EU Parliament’s new Resolution calls for robust enforcement of DSA & AI Act to protect children online. Now they must follow through & ensure the Digital Omnibus doesn’t dilute these hard-won protections.
🔗: https://loom.ly/cgUv-o0
🇳🇬 With half of Nigeria’s population under 18 - and 90% of children reporting online risks- online safety must be a priority.
At #OSF25 in Lagos, Dorothy Gordon urged leaders to hold tech companies accountable for a safe and child rights-respecting digital environment: https://loom.ly/gOqwyiA
🎧 Smart tool or subtle manipulation? Unpacking AI’s impact on children.
Earlier this year on #TechThisOut, 5Rights Youth Ambassador Aisling and Dr. Jun Zhao from Oxford’s Child-Centred AI Design Lab discuss how AI impacts children’s lives.
https://loom.ly/GNhXorc
⭐️ 5Rights Executive Director Leanda Barrington-Leach marks #WorldChildrensDay with a clear message: childhood needs defending.
Kids live online as much as offline. Yet tech too often exploits, not supports.
But change is coming, with global action from the EU to Brazil to Indonesia.
🆕 Children’s rights apply everywhere, including online.
For #WorldChildrensDay we’re launching Your Rights in the Digital World - a child-friendly guide to UN General comment No.25.
🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 English, French and Spanish versions available here: https://loom.ly/H20zxIo
🇪🇺 Child rights can’t be collateral damage in the Digital Omnibus.
5Rights + 300+ organisations in 41 countries are urging the Commission not to weaken children’s digital protections in the upcoming proposals.
Read the joint letter: https://loom.ly/7h3u_-o
AI chatbots are becoming a go-to support tool for young people, but these systems weren’t built with children in mind.
5Rights Youth Ambassador Ali spoke with @mieoeh.bsky.social earlier this year about AI chatbot’s impact on children.
🎧 https://loom.ly/g63XYkc
🚨 Join the 5Rights team!
We’re recruiting two policy + advocacy roles to shape a safer digital world for children.
🇬🇧 UK Policy & Public Affairs Officer - London (hybrid)
🔗: https://loom.ly/4-GZrIk
🇪🇺 EU Advocacy Officer - Brussels (remote)
🔗: https://loom.ly/c1ZPZ-E
🗓️ Apply by 28 Nov
🇺🇳 General comment No. 25 recognised that children’s rights apply in full in the digital world.
➡️ 4 years on - how much impact has it had?
The DFC will share their findings on 20th Nov (World Children’s Day) - more info + register: www.lse.ac.uk/events/digital-futures-f...
🧠 Children are already using GenAI – for school, fun and even emotional support.
But how do they experience it? And what does this mean for their rights?
➡️ The DFC’s Rights .AI report highlights why their voices must shape AI governance now: https://loom.ly/u-VR4zY
🎮 Gaming offers huge opportunities for kids - but also serious risks.
🇧🇷🇬🇧 New research from the Digital Futures for Children centre (DFC) maps how the gaming ecosystem shapes children’s experiences in Brazil and the UK.
🔗 https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/130029/
#ChildRights #Gaming
Parents are more concerned about their children’s safety on the internet than climate change, mental health or road safety.
Parents work hard, but government and tech companies need to do their bit too.
➡️ @moreincommonuk.bsky.social: https://loom.ly/5AQHOIM
🇬🇧 Two years after the #OnlineSafetyAct, key duties to protect children are finally in force.
But persuasive design features still keep young people hooked – and are outside the law’s scope.
🔗 Read more: https://loom.ly/ZDYhxow
📚 GenAI in classrooms is booming - but at what cost to children?
❌ Latest DFC & 5Rights research showed 5 major tools in UK schools failed to uphold children’s rights.
www.digital-futures-for-children.net/our-work/genai-edtech
“Over 81m children in Europe use digital products every day - yet the digital ecosystem is advancing faster than the laws and tools to keep them safe.”
🇪🇺 Head of EU Affairs, Manon Letouche speaking at EACA’s #Campaign4Good launch - uniting the creative industry to protect children online.
