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Asia-Pacific

5Rights supports governments, regional organisations and privacy regulators in Asia-Pacific to deliver safeguards for children throughout the region.

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Overview

5Rights supports national stakeholders and collaborates with regional organisations like the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to deliver safeguards for children throughout the Asia-Pacific region. 5Rights works closely with national authorities, regulators, and civil society networks in the region, committed to implementing leading frameworks for children’s rights in the digital environment.

“I believe that digital spaces should be inclusive for everyone such as children, youth and adults alike to exchange ideas, information, and experiences without fear of discrimination.”

Liujia, 16

Children’s experiences

Due to limited safeguards, children in Asia are disproportionately affected by the risks the digital world exposes them to:  79% of children age 8 to 18 in Southeast Asia and 82% in South Asia report encountering online risks. Globally, over half of people playing digital games live in the Asia-Pacific region, with many of them being children.

Our work in Asia-Pacific

5Rights efforts at the regional level focus on fostering understanding, building capacity, and promoting international best practices to advance children’s online safety and children’s rights in Asia-Pacific.

Following two years of engagement and support from 5Rights, Indonesia adopted the 2025 Government Regulation on the Governance of Electronic System Operations for Child Protection. Becoming the first Global South country to adopt binding regulation for age-appropriate design, Indonesia now requires tech companies to assess and mitigate the risks they expose children to and to provide a high level of privacy by default.

We also support the work of privacy regulators throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including the Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner’s work on the Children’s Online Privacy Code. In 2024, the Philippines’ National Privacy Commission released the “Guidelines on Child-Oriented Transparency,” building on 5Rights’ input. These mandate high privacy by default and prohibit deceptive design patterns.