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  • AI
  • Global

AI regulation must keep up with protecting children  

An analysis of the growing role of AI in children’s lives, highlighting risks to their privacy, mental health, and education while exploring legislative efforts to ensure robust protection frameworks.
A close-up of a little boy in a teal hoodie on a laptop. He is lent over a yellow desk and has his left thumb resting on the trackpad, seemingly navigating the laptop. He is wide-eyed and very engaged.
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  • Child Rights
  • United Kingdom

Win for children: UK make safety by design a strategic priority

The UK Government has announced new statutory strategic priorities on the enforcement of the Online Safety Act, instructing Ofcom to enforce safety by design. A big step for children’s safety on World Children’s Day.
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  • Sexual Exploitation
  • Global

Instagram is not doing enough to keep children safe

In response to Instagram’s latest new safety features, 5Rights believes more should be done to ensure children are fully protected on the platform.
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  • Online Harms
  • US

TikTok knows it is harming children

Internal TikTok documents reveal the company is promoting addictive design and targeting children, in full consciousness of the harms of its product