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Keep up to date with the latest development on data protection, children’s rights in the digital environment and more with our news articles and press releases.
European Commission President recommits to putting children’s online safety above profits
Von der Leyen’s State of the Union delivers what 5Rights and partners demanded for children’s rights online in yesterday’s coalition letter
Classroom AI apps expose children to porn site trackers and give UK students wrong US helplines, new report reveals
Children using well-known AI-powered apps in classrooms, such as Grammarly, Character.AI and others, are being tracked by adult website advertisers, given dangerous misinformation about self-harm and taught false facts, according to new research carried out by LSE and 5Rights Foundation’s Digital Futures for Children centre.
UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code: four years of global impact before key review
As the UK’s pioneering children’s data protection code inspires global change, the upcoming review of the Code presents an opportunity to build on this success and tackle the risks children face and want to be addressed.
Final DSA guidelines deliver historic win for children’s rights online after years of 5Rights advocacy
The European Commission’s final guidelines on Article 28.1 of the Digital Services Act incorporate key recommendations from 5Rights’ baseline and coalition advocacy that shaped the framework from inception to adoption.
Children’s privacy advances across Asia-Pacific with new policy recommendations
5Rights expert insights contribute to policy recommendations that will guide children’s privacy protection across all 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies
Why children need the Online Safety Act: protecting children in a digital wild west
With online grooming crimes in the UK surging 89% and a quarter of children exposed to pornography by age 11, now is not the time to take a step back on online safety.
New research reveals how children face financial harm online
New study published by the UK regulator Ofcom reinforces the urgent need for effective regulation of loot boxes, in-app purchases and other persuasive design strategies that exploit children’s vulnerabilities and drive them to spend money online.
5Rights UK Youth Ambassadors celebrate new online safety laws and call for the next chapter in building a better digital world
From today, it is illegal in the UK for tech companies to allow children access to pornography and expose them to other harmful content in their recommender feeds. 5Rights spoke to its UK Youth Ambassadors about the changes and their vision for what must come next.
Inquiry finds UK Government must regulate GenAI and close online safety loopholes
The UK Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee urges the Government to regulate generative AI tools and close critical gaps in online safety regulation, echoing calls from 5Rights and civil society.
Greek Prime Minister urges EU regulatory action against algorithmic exploitation of children
In conversation with 5Rights’ President Baroness Kidron at the global forum on AI in Athens, Prime Minister Mitsotakis denounced the tech sector’s “unprecedented global experiment with the mental health of our children”.
New UK data law: what does it mean for children’s privacy?
The new UK data law introduces significant changes in children’s data protection, including new codes of practice for EdTech, AI and automated decision-making, following years of advocacy by 5Rights.
Apple and Google expose children to data privacy breaches through misleading app age ratings
Hundreds of the most popular apps are being advertised with misleading age-ratings in Apple and Google’s app stores, leaving children in “the firing line” of targeted ads and unlawful data processing.