Resources
Explore our curated resources and find valuable publications, tools and positions on children’s rights in the digital environment.
Impact of regulation of children’s digital lives – Phase II
Impact of regulation of children’s digital lives – Phase II assesses the legislative progress since the first report, covering 2024–2026. The report analyses child safety and privacy changes across 70 platforms (including social media, AI chatbots and gaming) against the backdrop of the UK Online Safety Act, the Age-Appropriate Design Code, and the EU Digital Services Act.
Children’s Online Privacy Code – Australia
The Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (the Act) introduced a mandate for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to develop a Children’s Online Privacy Code (the Code), which will put children at the centre of privacy protections in Australia.
Mapping the global impact of UNCRC General comment No. 25 on children’s rights in the digital environment
This study from the Digital Futures for Children centre follows General comment No. 25 through global and national arenas, asking how the document and its guidance has spread, taken root, or encountered resistance.
Building a digital environment designed with children in mind: An international best practices blueprint
This report sets out a practical international blueprint to help policymakers address harmful design and business models, strengthen accountability, and ensure technology is safe and age-appropriate by design and default.
UNCRC General comment No. 25 5th Anniversary Joint Letter
Five years on, global organisations urge governments to fully implement General comment No. 25 and ensure the digital world protects children’s rights.
Joint Letter on Children’s Rights in the EU Digital Omnibus on Artificial Intelligence
This joint letter, signed by more than 80 children’s rights, family and mental health organisations and experts, calls on Members of the European Parliament to uphold strong protections for children in the Digital Omnibus on Artificial Intelligence.
Georgia Age-Appropriate Design Code
The Georgia Age-Appropriate Design Code (SB495) was introduced on 12 February 2026 by Senator Sally Harrell and referred to the Senate Children and Families Committee.
Age Assurance as a spectrum: A risk-based approach from a European perspective
5Rights’ Age Assurance as a Spectrum report sets out how age assurance can support a safe-by-design, children’s rights approach – not as a tool for exclusion, but as a means of enabling age-appropriate services, safer defaults and proportionate protections.
Kansas Age-Appropriate Design Code
The Kansas Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (SB 499) was introduced on 9 February 2026 and referred to the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee.
