Resources
Explore our curated resources and find valuable publications, tools and positions on children’s rights in the digital environment.
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.
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.
Access restrictions to protect children and their rights in the digital environment
5Rights Foundation welcomes the will of the EU and its Member States to take further and robust action to protect children from unsafe and exploitative practices by technology providers and ensure children’s rights are fully respected and upheld in the digital age.
Joint letter on safeguarding children’s rights in Digital Omnibus proposals
5Rights along with civil society networks representing more than 300 organisations, experts, and the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights have joined together to call on the EU to safeguard children’s rights in the Digital Omnibus.
Joint Letter to the President of the European Commission on Enforcing EU digital regulations for children
Ahead of the 2025 State of the Union, 22 organisations, experts, Members of the European Parliament and Members of the Intergroup on Children’s Rights have written to President von der Leyen calling for stronger enforcement of EU digital regulations to protect children online.
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.
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.
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.
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.
