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5Rights Foundation exists to make systemic changes to the digital world so that it caters for children and young people, by design and default.
🌍 Calling all young advocates!
5Rights is recruiting Youth Ambassadors (ages 13 – 20) to join a global network promoting children’s rights in the digital space.
Collaborate with peers, represent 5Rights globally, and make a real difference!
📝 Apply by 15 September: https://loom.ly/bMsbGXQ
🌏 The Asia-Pacific region is stepping up to protect children’s privacy in the digital world.
🇰🇷 At the recent APEC meeting, 5Rights' Marie-Ève Nadeau highlighted the urgent need for systemic change in how tech companies treat children.
🔗 Read: https://loom.ly/AhachJI
🚨 32% of UK kids regret spending money in online games.
New Ofcom research shows how persuasive design features - like loot boxes & mystery reward mechanisms- are driving financial harm.
It’s time for regulation – kids deserve better.
🔗: https://loom.ly/gNpKdr0
#PersuasiveDesign
🚨🇨🇦 Canadian experts demand stronger protections for children’s privacy.
Brought together by 5Rights, over 40 experts have joined forces to call for stronger protections in the OPC’s Children’s Privacy Code.
📢 Read the response: https://loom.ly/Bo2UaiY
🚨 Calling all UK-based young people (13-17)! 🎓
Want to help shape how tech & AI are used in schools? Join the 5Rights EdTech Youth Advisory Board and be part of an exciting project on children’s rights in education.
📝 Apply by 15 August: https://loom.ly/MCdyw_I
#EdTech
🎧 Smart tool or subtle manipulation? AI’s impact on children
In #TechThisOut Episode 9, Youth Ambassador Aisling and Dr. Jun Zhao from Oxford’s Child-Centred AI Design Lab discuss how AI impacts children’s lives - from homework helper to potential surveillance tool.
https://loom.ly/GNhXorc
💬 “If I could change one thing, it would be tougher restrictions on harmful content.”
🇬🇧 The Children’s Code under the UK’s Online Safety Act is now in effect. We asked our youth ambassadors what changes they'd like to see in the digital world.
➡️ https://loom.ly/kzxwdCs
💬 “The law is a good start, but we must keep speaking up for a digital world made for us.”
🇬🇧 Today, the Children’s Code under the Online Safety Act comes into effect, holding tech companies accountable.
❓ What do young people think?
Read more: https://loom.ly/kzxwdCs
#OnlineSafetyAct
🚨 1 in 4 vulnerable kids would rather talk to an AI chatbot than a person.
New Internet Matters report shows kids are turning to AI for support but safeguards are lacking.
🎧 Our podcast w/ 5Rights Youth Amb. Ali & Mie Oehlenschläger explores why that’s a problem:
https://loom.ly/EHT3E68
🚨 App store age ratings are failing kids.
Google & Apple are mislabelling apps, exposing 4-year-olds to targeted ads and unlawful data processing.
We’ve filed a legal complaint with @goodlawproject.bsky.social
📖 The Times: https://loom.ly/uyJOfhk
🇨🇦 Join us + CCRC for a webinar on children’s right to privacy in the digital world - this Mon 21 July.
We’ll explore how kids’ data is collected, shared & monetised - and why privacy is crucial to their rights and wellbeing.
🗓️ https://loom.ly/1bN68SI
🚨 🇬🇧 The UK is introducing age assurance to protect children online - but how it’s done matters.
5Rights spoke to BBC News about why safeguards must be rights-based, not invasive.
📖 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceq7ye3q2zwo
#AgeAssurance
🇬🇧 GenAI is fuelling harm: the law must catch up.
A UK Parliament Committee inquiry confirms:
⚠️ GenAI spreads harmful content
⚠️ Online safety regulation gaps
⚠️ Risks to children
We back the call for more robust laws & child-centred #AI
🔗 https://loom.ly/TQEabJ4
🤖 What happens when AI chatbots become digital confidants?
In ep. 8 of #TechThisOut, 5Rights Youth Ambassador Ali speaks with @mieoeh.bsky.social about AI’s impact on children’s mental health, data, and relationships.
🎧 https://loom.ly/g63XYkc
#AI
🇨🇦 Join us and the CCRC for a webinar on children’s right to privacy in the digital world on Mon 21 July.
We’ll unpack how kids’ data is collected, shared & monetised - and why privacy matters.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5UTQoHJDhxKtze2Ugr9ip_3ddNohYGmVxlw5YYcSvzyUxWQ/viewform
📢 5Rights Marie-Eve Nadeau is taking part in a webinar on policy & legislative trends in child online safety.
🗓️ Wed 16th July | 14:00 - 15:30 CET
Hosted by SafeOnline Fund @UNICEF @WHO
➡️ Full agenda + register: https://loom.ly/mjLujbI
#ChildRights
AI is in the classroom and MPs are calling for AI in education to be used safely, responsibly and with children’s rights at its centre.
With statutory standards on both AI and EdTech, we can ensure every child thrives at school.
🔍 The EU’s AI Act is under threat and so are the rights it was designed to protect.
✉️ Today, 5Rights joined 45+ other leading digital and consumer rights urging the EU Commission not to delay or weaken the AI Act.
➡️ Read the full letter: https://loom.ly/eIJELSE
#AIAct #AI
We’re proud to have contributed to UNICEF’s D-CRIA toolbox - step-by-step guidance for companies to assess child rights risks in tech.
Explore the toolbox here: http://bit.ly/4dwThrM
Webinar walkthrough + Q&A info:
1: https://bit.ly/3YTFwxo
2: https://bit.ly/4jjuo45
🚨 Job alert: Research Officer
The Digital Futures for Children centre at LSE (with 5Rights Foundation) is recruiting a Research Officer to explore how EdTech + AI are shaping children’s rights in schools.
🔗 Apply by July 17th – more info here: https://loom.ly/L76-h5Q
#Hiring
❓Are young people turning to AI chatbots instead of friends and family?
For #TechThisOut ep. 8, 5Rights Youth Ambassador Ali speaks with mieoeh.bsky.social about #AI, mental health, and children’s data.
🎧 https://loom.ly/g63XYkc
#ChildRights
🇬🇧 The UK Government passed a new data protection law, introducing new codes of practice for data processing in #EdTech, #AI and a key GDPR amendment requiring stronger safeguards for children.
Read our breakdown of the new law and what it means for children.
🔗 https://loom.ly/d8qV52Q
New Ofcom consultation targets illegal content from going viral and limits people’s interactions with children’s livestreaming.
5Rights calls on the regulator to require companies to think more holistically about safeguards, rather than adding incremental changes.
🔗 https://loom.ly/K6QUy4Y
Children as young as 4 are being exploited due to misleading age ratings on app stores.
5Rights + @goodlawproject.bsky.social have filed a complaint over Apple & Google marketing apps to kids aged below developer-set age limits.
🔗 https://loom.ly/c5g7ISE
🇨🇦 Canada’s Privacy Commisioner just announced the development of a children’s privacy code.
The new government must follow their lead and make the protection of #ChildRights and privacy online a national priority
📖 https://loom.ly/zxcHV5o
#Canada
🤔 Can AI chatbots ever truly replace a friend or a therapist?
New ep. of #TechThisOut! Listen to 5Rights Youth Ambassador Ali’s talk with @mieoeh.bsky.social on chatbots, risks and questions young people can ask before interacting.
🎧 https://loom.ly/g63XYkc
🟢 Now live: “Securing Child Safety in the Age of the Algorithms” at #IGF2025 -- featuring our Executive Director Leanda Barrington-Leach and voices from government and tech.
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#AI #Children #RightsByDesign
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💡 The #IGF2025 panel on “Implementation of the Global Digital Compact” is starting now!
🎙️ Hear from Leanda Barrington-Leach on how govs can make good on their promise to protect children’s rights, privacy, and safety online.
Join us live📍https://www.youtube.com/live/oVpArlEqOVU?feature=shared
Today marks a pivotal milestone at 5Rights: we are delighted to welcome Sir Peter Wanless as our new Chair, as Baroness Beeban Kidron becomes our Honorary President.
Together, we continue our mission to build the digital world children deserve.
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