Kids shouldn’t be left powerless when their rights are harmed.They need ways to seek help, challenge decisions and get violations addressed. Read the call of 125+ orgs and experts asking for remedies with 10 clear steps to protect child rights in the age of AI. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

🧑‍🏫 EdTech needs to pass the test. A new review of 2,100+ studies reveals gaps in what we know about EdTech, from learning experiences and wellbeing to how different children are affected. 📖 Read more: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/ass...

A scoping review of the impact of EdTech on children’s learning

Despite investments in EdTech, its success for learning is unclear. This scoping review warns of a lack of evidence about the wider impact of EdTech on kids.

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📚 Great to see the Raspberry Pi Foundation's draft principles for safe and responsible EdTech draw on work from 5Rights Foundation and the Digital Futures for Children centre. A valuable contribution to putting children's rights at the heart of digital learning. www.raspberrypi.org/app/uploads/...

Children must understand the technologies shaping their lives. 🔗 Read the call from 125+ orgs governments to require clear, age-appropriate explanations with 10 steps to protect children’s rights in the age of AI: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

Children’s rights do not depend on where they live or what technology they use. Regulatory gaps must not leave some kids with weaker protections. We’re urging governments to close loopholes with 10 clear steps to protect children’s rights in the age of AI. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

Children want technology that supports them, not technology that constantly watches them. We’re joining 120+ organizations calling on governments to prohibit unlawful digital surveillance of children in educational, commercial and care settings. 🔗 Statement: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

Kids believe that if companies build AI, it’s on them to make it safe, not on parents and children. We’re joining 100+ organizations urging governments to hold them accountable with 10 clear steps to protect children’s rights in the age of AI. 🔗Read our call: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

EU says tech firms must prove safety before accessing children. The Commission's Special Panel on Child Safety Online has handed its final report to von der Leyen, after a year's work by experts and young people. 5Rights sat on the panel throughout. More: 5rightsfoundation.com/eu-says-tech...

🖋️The digital world children grow up in today was shaped by choices. So is the future. Sir Peter Wanless reflects on Baroness Beeban Kidron’s new book Users: How Big Tech Took Control and How to Fight Back, exploring how tech choices shape children’s online experiences. www.lbc.co.uk/article/digi...

Kids believe that tech companies should never be allowed to design AI that manipulates them or keeps them hooked. We’re joining 100+ organizations urging governments to ban design that preys on children for profit with 10 clear steps to protect their rights. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

When kids worry about AI, one of their biggest fears is what it does to their private information. With AI governance on the global agenda, we’re joining 100+ organizations urging governments to act with 10 recommendations to protect children’s rights. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

Children are adopting AI technologies more than 3 times faster than adults, yet they were never built with their rights in mind. Today, governments meet for the first-ever Global Dialogue on AI. We’re joining 100+ orgs urging them to act with 10 clear steps. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

Children's lives are increasingly impacted by AI systems that were never built with their safety in mind 📱 On Monday, world leaders meet to discuss AI governance. We’re joining 100+ organizations demanding they hold tech companies accountable to respect children’s rights by design and by default.

Users: How Big Tech Took Control And How To Fight Back is out now. Join Baroness Beeban Kidron, Professor Sonia Livingstone and Sir Peter Wanless today for a conversation on children's rights, digital policy and the future of online safety. 🗓️ Today | 4–5pm (BST) 📍 Online (Zoom) lnkd.in/egMhsTGa

Join author Baroness Beeban Kidron, Professor Sonia Livingstone and Sir Peter Wanless for the launch of Users: How Big Tech Took Control and How to Fight Back. 🗓️ Thursday, 25 June | 4–5pm (BST) 📍 Online (Zoom) Register: www.digital-futures-for-children.net/events/book-...

🚨 New research suggests TikTok, Instagram and X are directing child accounts towards violent, sexualised and suicide-related content within minutes. It's time to hold tech companies accountable for children's rights and safety online. 📱⚠️ #ChildOnlineSafety 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/exp...

What happens when the tools built to connect us are designed to divide, distract and control instead? Join the launch of Users, the new book by Beeban Kidron, in conversation with Sonia Livingstone and Peter Wanless. Thu 25 June 4–5pm BST Online www.digital-futures-for-children.net/events/book-...

Research from Steve Wood and the #DigitalFutures4Children centre: major platforms responded to early regulation - then stalled. The framework exists. What's missing is enforcement and safety by design built in from the start. 🔗https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/138377/

💬 "The opportunity came in the form of one sentence." Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid and Baroness Beeban Kidron join the #TechThisOut! podcast to reflect on years of hard-won progress for children's rights in the digital environment. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3NYt...

How can half a sentence transform children’s rights online?

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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.

🆕📢 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...

Reddit fined £14.5 million for ‘failing to protect children’

The UK’s data protection watchdog said it issued the penalty because the online forum had put children at risk by failing to implement stringent age checks

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📚🤖 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