5Rights Foundation Newsletter: September 2024
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Bridging the Digital Divide for Children: a Global Call to Action
With the Summit of the Future fast approaching, 5Rights urges global leaders to ensure child rights are front and centre of the Global Digital Compact, a significant step towards narrowing the global digital divide in national legislation addressing children’s online safety, privacy, and data protection.
DSA turns 1: More Potential for Advancing Children’s Rights
In the last year, the European Commission has taken action against online platforms including Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and Snap. A promising start, but clear guidelines and standards must be implemented across the EU to establish a high level of privacy, safety and security for children.
EU AI Act Enters into Force: A Crucial Step for Child Protection
The EU AI Act is a promising framework towards ensuring that AI is used and developed responsibly, especially when it comes to protecting children. But its success hinges on robust implementation that prioritises children’s unique vulnerabilities.
5Rights Challenges Meta’s Inaction on AI-generated Child Sexual Abuse
Meta failed to take action about police reports of Instagram accounts with over 150,000 followers sharing real and AI-generated Child Sexual Abuse Material. We have issued a legal letter demanding immediate action and an investigation.
UK Gov to Bolster Children’s Safety Code after Children’s Coalition Calls
A concerted effort from the 5Rights-led Children’s Coalition for Online Safety has prompted the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology to assert the Children’s Safety Code must work in the interest of children’s safety, leaving the door open to additional measures.
Celebrating 3 Years of the Age Appropriate Design Code
Since its entry into force three years ago the UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code has driven significant improvements in children’s online safety, by pushing tech companies to adopt changes by default and design. Its impact is growing, with positive global implications.
Court Upholds Key Provisions of California’s Age Appropriate Design Code
A US federal appeals court has ruled that legal requirements on tech companies to provide children with a high level of privacy and safety by design and default are constitutional, paving the way for further State and Federal initiatives.
5Rights Youth Ambassadors: Leading Global Digital Change
5Rights Youth Ambassadors Programme is delighted to now count more than 200 young leaders from 50+ countries. The latest episode of their podcast, Tech This Out! features our friends from Design It for Us. Watch out this month for what our young leaders have to say at and about the UN’s Summit of the Future!
Ep.2 Who can Design Digital Spaces that Protect and Empower Youth?
5Rights Youth Ambassador Haydn sits down with Zamaan Quereshi, co-chair of Design It For Us, the youth movement established to support the California Age Appropriate Design Code. They discuss the importance of putting the onus on tech companies to design a digital world that listens to the interests and safety concerns of children and young people.
Research, Reports, and Findings
🤖 “Explainer: A Sociotechnical Approach to AI Policy” explores how considering both technical and social factors broadens our understanding of responsibility for the consequences of technology. Data & Society
🗺️ “Implementing kids’ privacy protections around the world” provides a case study analysis of ‘PerfectPetPal’, a fictional pet simulator mobile app, to dissect different legal frameworks from across the world. IAPP
Upcoming Events
🇺🇳 Summit of the Future 2024
This once-in-a-generation UN event sees global leaders gather to adopt a Pact for the Future, and Global Digital Compact. 22-23 September 2024 - New York
🤖 Ethical Implications of AI Hype
Authors of the latest contributions to the AI and Ethics journal will lead virtual presentations and discussions on their research. 23 September 2024, 12:00-16:30 UTC - Online. Register
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