🤖 As the EU AI Act introduces new transparency rules, one question remains: Are we building AI systems that young people can trust - or building them without their voices? Our pub explores how youth-centred AI governance can better protect and empower younger generations. 📖 https://tr.ee/GDGaWt
DTH Lab
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The DTH-Lab is a global consortium of partners working to drive implementation of The Lancet and Financial Times Commission on Governing Health Futures 2030’s recommendations for value-based digital transformations for health co-created with young people.
🖥️Not just screens. Real lives. Real emotions. Being Online Digital Gallery Launch 🗓️ 12 August 2026 | 12:00 CET 🔗Register Now: https://tr.ee/KhxZ0d or scan QR code
In a new article published in @healthpromint.bsky.social Kanika Agarwal and @louiseholly.bsky.social explore how digital technologies are influencing our food choices, food systems and access to nutrition information. Read: https://tr.ee/exjdgi
🚸As governments worldwide debate social media bans to protect children online, should greater attention be paid to the digital footprints created for them by adults? Read editorial in @healthpromint.bsky.social: https://tr.ee/rqpqF7 on #Sharenting
💻 Have you registered yet? Join us on 12 Aug for the launch of Being Online: Visual Expressions of Youth Experiences of Digital Well-Being, a digital gallery curated in collab with Global Mental Health Action Network. 🗓️ 12 Aug | 12:00 CET 🔗 Register now: https://tr.ee/KhxZ0d or scan QR code
🌐Online experiences don't end when the screen turns off. Discover 8 actions govt can take to protect & promote mental health: https://tr.ee/Oa2xzz
📘 What does it take to build digitally enabled health systems that truly respond to the needs of young people? 📖 Learn more about the framework -Digitally enabled health systems that address the needs of young people: A framework for health leaders: https://tr.ee/RweKoI
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📕Shaping AI governance for young people: Perspectives on health, policy and regulation brings together four papers by young researchers examining how AI governance can better protect young people's health, rights and well-being. Read- https://tr.ee/GDGaWt
🚸 French President Emmanuel Macron and @who.int DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus call for stronger action to create healthier digital environments for children. We welcome the focus on safe-by-design platforms and young people's voices. https://loom.ly/400pyY8
📻 New podcast | Children are bypassing the Australian social media ban 📺 Watch on YouTube: https://tr.ee/Gmhdil 🎧 Listen to the podcast: https://tr.ee/3bmXO4
🚸Early data from Australia indicate that social media companies can’t be relied on to protect children. Louise Holly argues that age restrictions alone won’t make online spaces safer. Policymakers must focus on platform accountability, safer design and enforcement. 🔗 Read: https://tr.ee/obSrXv
📘A New Framework for Digitally Enabled Health Systems that Address the Needs of Young People Launched - 📖 Read the full framework / summary: https://tr.ee/RweKoI
🇪🇸 At #DPHC2026 in Barcelona? Join DTH-Lab’s workshop + panel session on youth priorities in digitally enabled health systems. 🗓️ 25 Jun 2026 🕚 11:00–12:30 CEST 📍 Barcelona. More: https://tr.ee/AYMx0I
🌐Yesterday in France, #G7 leaders, with Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya & the Republic of Korea, issued a critical call to provide #saferdigital spaces for minors. We welcome this clear message - read full commentary by Louise Holly: https://tr.ee/knx79D
📘 Coming Soon: A New Framework for Digitally Enabled Health Systems that Address the Needs of Young People 📅 22–24 June 2026 📍 WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland / Online I 🔗 Register to join the event: https://tr.ee/IOzjNE ☑️Stay updated join mailing list: https://loom.ly/ZBweNYs
🌍 Welcome to the 2026–2027 DTH-Lab Research Fellows. Selected from over 2,250 applications worldwide, they represent a diverse group of emerging researchers and professionals committed to advancing knowledge at the intersection of digital transformation, health and meaningful youth engagement.
🇫🇷 As #G7 leaders gathered at the Évian-les-Bains Summit in France next week, #IlonaKickbusch Founder and Director of DTH-Lab highlighted the urgent need for action on children’s safety in digital environments. Read here: https://tr.ee/e1KLT0
Erza Selmani’s new paper AI oversight and youth well-being: comparing self, state and hybrid approaches draws on a comparative analysis of different models of AI governance published in a collection by DTH-Lab. Read it here: https://tr.ee/GDGaWt
Shajoe J. Lake’s new paper AI governance for youth health and well-being: closing policy gaps and building inclusive frameworks published as a collection by DTH-Lab. Read it here: https://tr.ee/GDGaWt
Rebecca Raeside shares findings from a new paper: Safeguarding adolescent health and well-being in the AI era: integrating risks, vulnerabilities and governance gaps to inform solutions published in a collection by DTH-Lab. Read it here: https://tr.ee/GDGaWt
B. Courtney Doagoo’s new paper Mind the gap: child-centred ethics in AI healthcare governance explores the gap between ethical commitments and enforceable governance in AI-enabled healthcare, focusing on the unique risks faced by children and young people. Read : tr.ee/GDGaWt @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
🌐Shaping AI governance 4 young people: Perspectives on health, policy & regulation launched today at the Ministry of Health of Spain and @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Conference on the Responsible Scale of AI in Healthcare in Madrid. 🔗Read it here: https://tr.ee/GDGaWt
📊 DTH-Lab 2025 in numbers Behind these numbers is a growing movement to ensure digital transformations in health are equitable, inclusive and grounded in young people’s realities. Read more in the Annual Report 2025: https://tr.ee/Av4bNM
⏱️ Save the Date! At GIDH's Global Convening 22-24 June, we will launch Digitally enabled health systems that address the needs of young people: A framework for health leaders involved in the development & implementation of national digital health strategies 🔗 Register here: https://tr.ee/IOzjNE
📻 New @bmj.com podcast featuring DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch and Matthew Bergman, founder of the Social Media Victims Law Center. Listen to the podcast: https://tr.ee/kui05q
🔉DTH-Lab team at #WHA79 DTH-Lab team will be joining global health leaders at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva. If you are at #WHA79, we would love to connect – visit our #WHA79 event page to know where you will find us: https://tr.ee/eaR5Zp
⏰ On 28th May, DTH-Lab will launch a new publication Shaping AI governance for young people at the Ministry of Health of Spain & @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Conference on the Responsible Scale of AI in Healthcare in Madrid. Watch this space
📊 2025 in numbers I The DTH-Lab’s Annual Report 2025 reflects both scale and impact. Behind these numbers is a growing movement to ensure digital transformations in health are equitable, inclusive and shaped by young people. Read more in the Annual Report 2025: https://tr.ee/Av4bNM
We are happy to share that the work of our former Research Fellow, Preetika Banerjee has been published in the @jmirpub.bsky.social Public Health and Surveillance journal. Read the full paper here: https://tr.ee/xpLQ7p
Everyday Digital Technology Use and Youth Health: Scoping Review of Longitudinal Studies
Background: Everyday digital technologies such as social media, gaming, and internet use are deeply integrated into the lives of children, adolescents, and young adults. While these platforms can foster connection, learning, and entertainment, concerns have grown about their potential to influence mental, physical, and social well-being. Research on this topic has expanded rapidly over the past decade, yet much of it remains cross-sectional, limiting insights into long-term outcomes. Longitud...
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