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Explore our curated resources and find valuable publications, tools and positions on children’s rights in the digital environment.

Person holding a smartphone displaying a screen with a warning icon inside an Instagram-style loading ring. The text on the screen reads: ‘Is Instagram now safe for teens’ Instagram Teen Accounts Case Study' with the 5Rights Foundation logo beneath it.
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  • Online Harms
  • United Kingdom

Case Study – Is Instagram now safe for teens?

This case study examines Instagram Teen Accounts to assess whether new safety features protect teens from risks like harmful content, hidden ads, and poor age assurance practices.
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  • Resources for industry stakeholders
  • AI
  • Child Rights
  • Global

Children & AI Design Code

The rapid rise of AI cannot be left unchecked. That is why we’ve created an actionable and practical framework to embed children’s rights and needs across the lifecycle of AI systems.
  • Resources for industry stakeholders
  • Services
  • Global

Advancing Trust & Safety: systems and standards for online safety professionals 

“Advancing Trust & Safety” explores the evolution of T&S into a global profession, highlighting systemic barriers and proposing solutions to empower professionals and improve digital safety.
  • Technical standards
  • Age-Assurance
  • Global

IEEE 2089.1-2024 – IEEE Standard for Online Age Verification

Framework for the design, specification, evaluation, and deployment of online age verification systems are established in this standard. This standard is the second in a family of standards focused on the 5Rights principles.
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Analysis of the Guidelines to Article 28.1 of the Digital Services Act
  • Position papers
  • Child Rights
  • Europe

Analysis of the Guidelines to Article 28.1 of the Digital Services Act

The European Commission’s guidelines on Article 28.1 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) mark a significant advancement in recognising and addressing the specific needs of children and young people in digital environments. The following is a 5Rights analysis of the guidelines.
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  • Position papers
  • Data Protection
  • Canada

Joint submission to the Canadian Children’s Privacy Code

Over 40 leading Canadian experts and organisations have come together to call for comprehensive protections in the Children’s Privacy Code, addressing the growing concern over the commercialisation of children’s data.
Tablet displaying a joint open letter from leading digital and consumer rights groups and experts opposing delays and deregulatory changes to the EU AI Act, dated 9 July 2025.
  • Position papers
  • AI
  • European Union

Joint letter against delays and deregulatory changes in the EU AI Act

5Rights and more than 45 civil society groups warn the European Commission that revising the AI Act under the Digital Simplification Package risks eroding key digital rights and protections.
A tablet resting on a white desk displays a joint letter from Eurochild and 5Rights Foundation titled "Towards a meaningful implementation of the DSA: addressing the gaps in VLOPs assessment and mitigation of risk for children’s rights." The document is addressed to EU Commissioner Virkkunen and discusses shortcomings in how online platforms assess and mitigate digital risks to children.
  • Position papers
  • Online Harms
  • Services
  • European Union

Joint EU letter calls for robust risk assessment for children’s rights under the DSA

5Rights, 24 NGOs and five MEPs urge the Commission to adopt a year-long, standardised DSA risk assessment framework with clear benchmarks for children’s rights.
A person holding a tablet in their lap is reviewing a document displaying logos of various child rights and advocacy organisations, including 5Rights Foundation, Thorn and Save the Children, among others. The document is titled "Not just users, but rights holders: realising the DSA's promise for children with the guidelines on article 28," with a heading section featuring the logos of all the signatories of this joint statement.
  • Position papers
  • Child Rights
  • European Union

Joint statement on the draft DSA guidelines on Article 28

This joint statement by 5Rights Foundation and 28 organisations and experts strongly supports the draft DSA guidelines on Article 28, but emphasises that this draft should be seen as the beginning of a new era of accountability rather than the end of the road.
A person sits at a desk, viewing a laptop screen that displays a document titled "Ofcom: A Safer Life Online for Women and Girls," produced by the 5Rights Foundation. The document is a consultation response dated May 2025. The person’s face is partially visible, with focus on the screen. A stack of notebooks and a pen lie next to the laptop on the desk
  • Position papers
  • Online Harms
  • United Kingdom

5Rights response to Ofcom’s draft guidance on violence against women and girls in digital environments  

5Rights welcomes Ofcom’s focus on safety by design in its draft guidance on protecting women and girls online. We call for earlier reporting and deeper consideration of harms in service design and supply chains.
A woman holding a smartphone with an open palm. Her smartphone is on the South Carolina Kids Code website.
  • Campaign Resources
  • Child Rights
  • US

South Carolina Kids Code

After advancing through the House, the Code is on its way to the Senate, and the children of South Carolina are one step closer to a safer digital world.
A young boy is seated on a couch, engaged with his laptop, surrounded by a comfortable home environment. The camera is position over his left shoulder. He is cross-legged, and typing on a laptop. On the screen displays Nebraska Kids Code with a yellow font, and some text discussing the Code.
  • Campaign Resources
  • Child Rights
  • US

Nebraska Kids Code

Now in the Final Reading stage on the Senate floor, if passed, the Nebraska Kids Code will implement privacy-by-default and safety-by-design protections for kids online.
A tablet on a white desk displays a document titled "Joint Input on the ACHPR’s Draft Study on Human and Peoples’ Rights and AI, Robotics, and Other New and Emerging Technologies in Africa”. The document is dated May 2025 and includes logos of several child rights organisations, such as 5Rights Foundation, ChildFund, Save the Children, Paradigm Initiative, and others. A cup of black coffee and a pair of glasses are also visible on the desk beside the tablet.
  • Position papers
  • AI
  • Africa

Joint Submission to the ACHPR on Children’s Rights and AI in Africa

This joint submission highlights how the Study on Human and Peoples’ Rights and AI can play a crucial role in empowering both African Union member states and tech companies to protect and respect children’s rights in the digital world.