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

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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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  • Education Technology
  • Services
  • Global

Smartphone policies in schools: what does the evidence say?

Smartphones and their addictive design techniques have sparked concern that they inhibit children’s schooling, but with EdTech offering new learning opportunities, what does the evidence tell us?
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  • Reports
  • Data Protection
  • Education Technology
  • Global

Enforcement action improves privacy for children in EdTech

Enforcement actions in the Netherlands have spurred positive changes in Google’s data practices for education. Learn about the key improvements and ongoing challenges in this brief.
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  • Publications
  • Education Technology
  • Global

Research Report: International regulatory decisions on EdTech data practices

New research exposes the risks of EdTech data practices, highlighting surveillance, profiling, and inadequate data protection for children.
In support of a Code of Practice for Education Technology
  • Reports
  • Data Protection
  • Education Technology
  • United Kingdom

In support of a Code of Practice for Education Technology

This briefing on the Amendment 146 to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill unpacks the benefits of a Code of Practice for EdTech.
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  • Official documents
  • Education Technology
  • Global

An ed-tech tragedy?

UNESCO’s report is a detailed analysis of the reality of the promises of ed-tech during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report dispels the assumption that tech “saved the day”, and points to how we can take a more humanistic approach to ed-tech’s development.
Educational Data Futures: Reflections
  • Publications
  • Education Technology

Educational Data Futures: Reflections

Educational Data Futures explores the complexities of education data, revealing privacy risks, the role of private companies, and the urgent need for reform to protect children’s long-term interests.