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Meta’s inadequate age assurance likely in breach of the Digital Services Act
The European Commission has found Meta’s age assurance methods on Instagram and Facebook to be inadequate and linked this failure to the company’s incomplete and arbitrary risk assessment.
Why the age debate in Europe is asking the wrong question
Across Europe, policymakers are asking what age children should be allowed online. 5Rights is asking what kind of digital environment we are prepared to offer them once they are.
IEEE analysis suggests growing global trend toward age-appropriate design
After international progress in 2025, there is growing consensus globally that digital systems must be designed with children’s rights and developmental needs in mind.
New ISO/IEC standard provides framework for privacy-preserving age assurance
5Rights contributed to the development of the new ISO/IEC 27566-1 standard, a new international framework for privacy-preserving age assurance systems.
Age checking systems can now be certified against 5Rights-led technical standard
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ new certification on age assurance is built on the 2089.1 standard, co-developed by 5Rights Foundation as part of a broader set of standards grounded in 5Rights principles.
What happens once you know it’s a child? Rethinking age assurance for a rights-respecting digital world
Age assurance should recognise and empower children online, not exclude them. Done right, it can be a building block to create safe, age-appropriate digital spaces, grounded in children’s rights.
CEN-CENELEC adopts key guidance for companies to design for children
Tech companies are now required to design services safe for children, following new guidance by EU standardisation body, CEN-CENELEC. A key step toward standardised age-appropriate design under the DSA.