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

  • 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.
A caregiver and a child look intently at a tablet they are holding together.
  • Official documents
  • Online Harms
  • Africa

African Union Child Online Safety and Empowerment Policy

This new African Union’s policy safeguards young Africans online. It outlines strategies to create a safer digital world, prioritising children’s rights and a collaborative approach.
  • Resources for industry stakeholders
  • Services

Conscious Advertising Network: Child Rights Manifesto

The Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Manifesto developed by 5Rights and the Conscious Advertising Network details how brands can make child safety a brand priority, rather than a function within a business department.
  • 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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Joint letter: Re-examine Data (Use and Access) AI clauses
  • Policy & Regulation
  • AI
  • United Kingdom

Joint letter: Re-examine Data (Use and Access) AI clauses

The latest report from the Digital Futures for Children centre provides six principles to complement our understanding and interventions on tackling technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Report on Governing AI for Humanity
  • Official documents
  • AI
  • Child Rights
  • United Nations

Report on Governing AI for Humanity

The High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence (AI) has published it’s final report, ‘Governing AI for Humanity’ to identify how to manage the benefits and challenges of AI, which includes important reference to children.
Baroness Kidron sits down with Professor Sonia Livingstone to discuss why AI accountability must not be left to tech experts.
  • Campaign Resources
  • AI
  • United Kingdom

Lecture: Tech Tantrums – When Tech Meets Humanity

5Rights Chair and founder Baroness Beeban Kidron delivered a public lecture setting out why the issues around AI must not be left to tech experts and unaccountable corporations.
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  • Position papers
  • AI
  • European Union

AI Act trilogues: the EU’s last chance to protect children

As the EU institutions enter into negotiations on the AI Act, we urge negotiators not to miss out on the chance to ensure that AI is safe for children by default and by design across the EU.
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  • Policy & Regulation
  • AI
  • European Union

Joint letter to the EU: Children’s rights in the AI Act

In a joint letter to Members of the European Parliament, 5Rights and seven other organisations demand strong safeguards in the AI Act to shield children from exploitation and ensure their wellbeing.
An illustration of a young boy, wearing a green shirt and shorts, stands with his hand on his head, looking at a gigantic smartphone much bigger than the boy. The screen of the phone displays a distorted image of the boy.
  • Publications
  • AI
  • Global

Shedding light on AI: A framework for algorithmic oversight

Unveiling the hidden risks of AI on children, our new report introduces a four-step process to help regulators and digital services providers to assess and mitigated the harms of AI on children.
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  • Position papers
  • AI
  • European Union

Joint letter on children’s rights in the AI Act

The AI Act must protect children. In a joint letter, 5Rights calls for the EU to ensure AI systems respect children’s rights and safety.
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  • Position papers
  • AI
  • European Union

Children’s rights and AI oversight – Paper on the EU’s AI

5Rights’ position on the EU’s AI Regulation calls for stronger protections for children, including a ban on exploitative AI, ex-ante risk assessments, and shifting the burden of proof to AI providers.