Reece Parslow

Global developers' insights into Child Rights by Design

📢New #DigitalFutures4Children report by Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone.

🔎What will it take for digital businesses to respect #ChildRights? For #UNDP we asked them…

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Infographic titled “How UK children are navigating the online world,” based on the Ofcom Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2025. Three statistics are shown inside a large smartphone illustration: 1. 37 percent of children aged 3 to 5 use social media, accompanied by an icon of two children. 2. 66 percent of children aged 3 to 17 watch livestream videos, represented by a play button icon labeled “LIVE.” 3. 50 percent of children aged 8 to 17 say they have used artificial intelligence (AI) tools, shown with an AI chip icon. The background is pale green, with bold blue text and icons. A small 5Rights Foundation logo is in the top-right corner.

📢 The UK Gov confirmed safety by design as a strategic priority for #OnlineSafetyAct enforcement — a clear steer that the responsibility to keep children safe lies with tech companies.

But more must be done to deliver on the Online Safety Act’s promises 🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/uk-governmen...

Screenshot of the POLITICO Pro Morning Technology UK newsletter, authored by Joseph Bambridge with Tom Bristow. The headline "DRIVING THE DAY" introduces the key news item: the UK minister for online safety reaffirmed that the Online Safety Act is "not up for negotiation" in U.S. trade talks. Quotes from Maggie Jones and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle emphasise that the Prime Minister is "absolutely clear" on this point and that there is no pressure to water down implementation.

Great to see this commitment from the UK government 🇬🇧

Earlier this month we joined 20+ orgs urging the PM not to weaken the Online Safety Act in US trade talks.

Now, the govt must fully back Ofcom to robustly enforce these crucial protections for children🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

⚠️ AI innovation must benefit children, not exploit them.

Today, we are launching our Children & AI Design Code. With this code, we can put children’s safety, rights, and well-being at the core of AI system design.

📚 Read the full Code: 5rightsfoundation.com/children-and...

Joint Briefing: Implementation of the Online Safety Act 5Rights coordinates civil society members in asking MPs to call on the Government and Ofcom to provide robust protections for children in the upcoming codes.

📉Ofcom's codes must be strengthened to prevent this world-leading regulation from failing to meet children's needs.

Today, MPs echoed 5Rights and civil society organisations call for stronger codes to embed robust protections for children.

📚: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

🚨ICO is investigating TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur for suspected breaches of the UK Age Appropriate Design Code.

A positive step, but with data-intensive AI and high-risk processing now the norm, children need stronger protections.

📚Our response: 5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-reddi...

TikTok, Reddit and Imgur investigated for UK Age Appropriate Design Code breach The UK’s data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office, has launched investigations under the Age Appropriate Design Code– marking a positive step forward for children’s data protection, but m...

We welcome investigations into TikTok, Imgur and Reddit by the ICO under the UK's #AgeAppropriateDesignCode.

However, children's data must be protected from data-intensive AI systems and services must adopt age-appropriate design to keep children safe.

Read: 5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-reddi...

Children’s privacy and protection emboldened in UK In a major win for 5Rights, the UK Government has introduced a legal requirement for online services to consider children’s rights and needs when processing their data, by design and default.

Significant win last night as the House of Lords agrees a Gov. and Baroness Kidron amendment which will require services to design their services with children's rights and needs in mind, in line with the #AgeAppropriateDesignCode

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🚸To build a sustainable data-protected future, we need children at the table — Leanda Barrington-Leach

2️⃣weeks ago, our Executive Director discussed the systemic misuse of children's data in tech at #WEF.

Rewatch @projectliberty.bsky.social & Human Change's panel 📺
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Holes not fixed: UK regulator publishes final proposals for tackling illegal harm online UK regulators must address gaps in digital regulations to protect children from online harm, ensuring coordinated action on EdTech and AI.

Ofcom's final code have gaps which may allow these services to exempt themselves from their duties. The purpose of B. Morgan's amend. categorising based on small or high risk services intended to bring services into scope of the regime's strongest duties.

See: 5rightsfoundation.com/holes-not-fi...

Parliamentlive.tv Third Delegated Legislation Committee

Gov. minister Feryal Clark states at this morning's DL Committee that categorisation thresholds for the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct will fail to capture small but risky services, emphasising they will have to comply with relevant illegal and children's safety duties.

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🚨Home Sec. @YvetteCooperMP announces four new laws targeting AI-generated child sexual abuse material. A major step towards protecting children online.

Following 5Rights' call for action, the milestone affirms that AI must uphold our laws, values and our children’s safety.

Crime And Policing Bill Expected To Criminalise AI Models Used To Make Child Sexual Abuse Images A new offence to prosecute tech firms which enable the creation of AI-generated child sexual abuse is expected to be included in the government’s C...

Reform needed to criminalise AI models used to generate CSAM. As explained by Baroness Kidron, they “allow paedophiles to generate bespoke CSAM scenarios of unimaginable depravity”. Pleased to add my comment on how urgent this is @politicshome.bsky.social
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Meta ends fact-checking program as Zuckerberg vows to restore free expression on Facebook, Instagram FIRST ON FOX: Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to “restore free expression" across Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms, admitting its current content mode...

An extraordinary and deeply concerning first glimpse at tech policy under a Trump/Musk ticket.

The rolling back of systems designed to manage harms like misinformation present a distinct challenge and reflects yet again the need for robust regulatory action.

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YouTube's Anorexia Algorithm — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH YouTube's algorithm is pushing harmful eating disorder & self-harm content to teens, a study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate finds.

TW: eating disorders & self-harm

🚨YouTube is sending teenage girls down a rabbit hole of eating disorder content.

Young girls should NOT be recommended videos for an “Anorexia Boot Camp” diet. YouTube must fix its algorithm.

Read more in our new report 👇
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Holes not fixed: UK regulator publishes final proposals for tackling illegal harm online UK regulators must address gaps in digital regulations to protect children from online harm, ensuring coordinated action on EdTech and AI.

Our initial read of Ofcom's Illegal Harms Code is that gaps in Ofcom's approach remain.

We'll be studying the full detail over the coming weeks, but share the disappointment of many civil society groups at the lack of ambition with this Code.

See below: 5rightsfoundation.com/holes-not-fi...

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Joint letter: Re-examine Data (Use and Access) AI clauses This briefing for the House of Lords’ second reading of the Data Bill highlights 5Rights’ concerns over weakened child data protection provisions.

This week, the House of Lords is set to debate proposals to change Art 22 of UK GDPR

5Rights has signed a joint letter alongside civil society orgs/academics calling on the Government to re-examine changes to automated decision-making as part of the Bill

Read: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...

YouTube algorithms consistently push eating disorder and self-harm content to teen girls, new study finds Study released by the Center for Countering Digital Hate confirms YouTube algorithms consistently push eating disorder and self-harm content to teen girls.

🚨NEW: YouTube is sending young girls down a dangerous rabbit hole by recommending eating disorder & self-harm content. 

We tested the experience of a 13-year-old girl on YouTube a hundred times – and the results were disturbing 🧵

TW: eating disorders & self-harm
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#DigitalFutures4Children WINTER MEET UP
📍 Tuesday 10th | 17:00 - 18:00 | Zoom

Topic: How do we engage children as researchers and child rights advocates?

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No registration needed. @5RightsFound @MediaLSE

🌍🤖Ahead of #AIActionSummit at #AIAthens2024
@carmeartigas.bsky.social highlights @UN
Governing #AI for Humanity report.
👶We welcome it has #childrensrights at the center, with strong privacy, child impact assessments and age-appropriate design to ensure AI systems are safe and empowering.

More needs to be done to protect musicians - who's talent and passion for their craft keep the world turning even in the darkest of times

Back in the UK and back at my desk with newly acquired Harvard hoodie 😍

Last day in Boston! Here's a massive Boston cream donut

Will try to go! Believe it or not you aren't the first person who's said to check it out!

Followed up by chicken and waffles today

Tried clam chowder for the first time too 😍

A couple photos from a walk around/tour of Boston Harbour!

Thank you!! If you have any suggestions do let me know! Apparently going to be raining a lot so must've brought that with me!