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5Rights joins global call to make AI safe for children

Global leaders gather at the Grand Palais in Paris for the AI summit, whilst 5Rights signs onto Everyone.AI’s Beneficial AI for Children call to action. We’re calling for AI that is safe by design, rights-respecting, and empowering for children.
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AI systems that exploit the vulnerabilities of children are now illegal in the EU

Article 5 of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act is a true milestone, but more is required to protect children’s rights and needs by design and default.
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5Rights welcomes landmark UK legislation to protect children from online predators  

The UK becomes the world’s first country to criminalise tools used to create AI-generated child sexual abuse material as part of four new measures to take on online predators.
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Meta’s rollback on safety measures puts children at risk 

New changes announced by Meta will actively reduce existing protections for children. This is an irresponsible move – failure to implement systemic change must be challenged by regulators and policymakers worldwide as new laws and regulations come into force.
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UNCRC turns 35: AI moves fast, but it must not break children
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UNCRC turns 35: AI moves fast, but it must not break children

AI is shaping children’s lives, but is it safe? The Children & AI Design Code sets standards to ensure AI supports, not exploits, the next generation.
Reclaiming AI for the next generation: 5Rights unveils Children & AI Design Code 
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Reclaiming AI for the next generation: 5Rights unveils Children & AI Design Code 

5Rights unveils the Children & AI Design Code, a bold framework ensuring AI prioritises children’s rights, safety, and wellbeing in design and deployment.
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UK Online Safety Act takes effect as tech industry keeps shifting blame to parents 

As the Illegal Harms Code of Practice enters into force, 5Rights urges Ofcom to begin robust enforcement and hold tech firms accountable.
New 5Rights report exposes how tech companies silence Trust & Safety teams
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New 5Rights report exposes how tech companies silence Trust & Safety teams

A new report from the 5Rights Foundation, Advancing Trust & Safety: Systems and Standards for Online Safety Professionals, launching today, provides a comprehensive look at the state of Trust & Safety (T&S) as a profession.
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  • Child Rights
  • United Kingdom

UK Government’s AI ‘free for all’ harms children’s intellectual property

Proposed changes to UK copyright law leave children’s intellectual property vulnerable to exploitation from AI companies– if children can’t copy homework, why can AI copy them?
TikTok, Reddit and Imgur investigated for UK Age Appropriate Design Code breach
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  • Data Protection
  • United Kingdom

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 more is needed.
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5Rights awarded inaugural Privacy and Human Rights Award

Today at RightsCon in Taipei, 5Rights has been recognised for its remarkable leadership on the intersection of privacy, data protection and children’s rights.
A group of children sit on the porch playing on digital devices. A young boy is on the left, playing on an iPad. A slightly older girl sits in the middle, on a phone, smiling at the screen, and the eldest, but still a young girl with plats, sits side on, cross-legged, holding and smiling at an iPad. There is a very positive mood to the photo.
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5Rights celebrates Safer Internet Day 2025 

Safer Internet Day is beyond a celebration. From Dublin to Manila, we’re calling for children’s rights to be respected by design and default.
The shadows of professional-looking individuals are to the left and right of the foreground. In the middle is a projection of 'AI Action Summit' with a logo to its left, of an octagon in which all the points are connected through lines. Some lines are highlighted with a dragging effect to spell 'AI'.
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5Rights joins global call to make AI safe for children

Global leaders gather at the Grand Palais in Paris for the AI summit, whilst 5Rights signs onto Everyone.AI’s Beneficial AI for Children call to action. We’re calling for AI that is safe by design, rights-respecting, and empowering for children.
A mixed raced teen boy has back turned to the camera, with his left hand raised in the area. He is wearing a light mint green polo. He appears to be in a learning environment, like a school. In between the camera and the room is a glass pane that has a speech mark icon in a light gray colour, with "AI" in the middle.
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  • AI
  • European Union

AI systems that exploit the vulnerabilities of children are now illegal in the EU

Article 5 of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act is a true milestone, but more is required to protect children’s rights and needs by design and default.
A young black girl on a laptop. She is smiling and waves at the laptop in front of her, which suggests she is on a video call.
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  • Child Rights
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  • United Kingdom

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. This move emboldens the Age Appropriate Design Code, strengthening protections to children’s data.
5Rights welcomes landmark UK legislation to protect children from online predators  
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  • AI
  • Sexual Exploitation
  • United Kingdom

5Rights welcomes landmark UK legislation to protect children from online predators  

The UK becomes the world’s first country to criminalise tools used to create AI-generated child sexual abuse material as part of four new measures to take on online predators.