@5rightsfound.bsky.social
5Rights Foundation exists to make systemic changes to the digital world so that it caters for children and young people, by design and default.
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: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/digital-futures-for-children
🧠 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.
https://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.
🇧🇷Brazil becomes the 1st country in Latin America to enshrine age-appropriate design into law - making platforms legally responsible for protecting children’s rights by design and by default.
🎉A milestone ahead of #NationalChildrensDay in Brazil – more here: https://loom.ly/NH4B0wo
#ECADigital
🇧🇪 Hiring: Research Intern
5Rights Foundation is seeking two Research Interns to help build a digital world where children can flourish.
💡 6-month remote role (Brussels-based)
💰 €1,500/month
📅 Apply by 17th October
➡️ Further info and apply here: https://loom.ly/hBdQ7oU
#Hiring
AI is reshaping childhood - but who sets the rules?
In Tech This Out! Ep. 10, 5R Youth Amb Skye speaks with @unodet.bsky.social Envoy @gioasempre.bsky.social on why AI governance must put children first.
https://loom.ly/NrwuB8A
“EdTech products in schools rely on the collection of children’s data for commercial & profiling purposes.”
🇬🇧Raised in the House of Lords last week, UK schools use EdTech at scale, but with little regulation.
Better EdTech Futures for Children aims to tackle these risks:
https://loom.ly/I77rNK4
📚 Research found 99% of school leaders and 98% of teachers use EdTech in school - but it’s largely unregulated.
That’s why 5Rights & DFC launched Better EdTech Futures for Children to examine its impact.
💬 Hear Lord Russell warn Parliament about EdTech without safeguards.
https://loom.ly/I77rNK4
🌍 We’re hiring!
5Rights is looking for Regional Consultants:
🔹 (South) East Asia & the Pacific: https://loom.ly/XmOEkac
🔹 Latin America & the Caribbean: https://loom.ly/6EAfjE4
Join us in shaping a digital world that puts children’s rights first.
#ChildrensRights #Jobs
💬 “You don’t need a title or a platform - just a willingness to speak up.”
🌍 5Rights is recruiting Youth Ambassadors (aged 13–20) to advocate for children’s rights online. Collaborate with peers, represent 5Rights globally, and make a real difference!
Apply by 15 Sept: https://loom.ly/bMsbGXQ
💬 “Enough is enough - the EU will use every tool to ensure children aren’t at the mercy of tech profits.”
In #SOTEU, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu backed our call: children’s online safety is non-negotiable.
Statement: https://loom.ly/Z_Lnsrs
🆕Research: UK’s most popular AI EdTech apps are failing children.
None audited EdTech apps in UK schools (Grammarly, Character. AI, MagicSchool, Copilot, Mind’s Eye) comply with AADC and UK GDPR.
Instead, they expose kids to porn trackers, wrong helplines & false facts.
https://loom.ly/7fMI2wM
🇪🇺 In today’s #SOTEU, EC President Urusla von der Leyen addressed kids’ online safety - a day after our joint call for her to reaffirm commitment to enforcing EU digital regulations that protect children.
Children need rights-respecting design, not addictive systems.
https://loom.ly/kc95R7g
📢 22 orgs & MEPs urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu in light of the threats being made against European democratic sovereignty to enforce EU digital rules protecting kids.
The State of the Union is a chance to put children’s rights first.
https://loom.ly/kc95R7g
🚨 5Rights is recruiting Youth Ambassadors (ages 13 - 20) from across the globe!
🌍 Thandokazi from South Africa joined 5Rights “to explore new ideas & share what’s happening in the online world.”
📝 Now it could be you - apply by Monday Sept 15: https://forms.office.com/e/rBPshSMHMp
