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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.
  • Resources for industry stakeholders
  • 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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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 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.
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.
  • Resources for industry stakeholders
  • 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.
A tablet displaying a joint statement from the Children's Coalition for Online Safety, titled "Joint Statement on the Children’s Online Safety Regime" (April 2025). The document features logos from multiple child protection and advocacy organisations, including NSPCC, Barnardo’s, 5Rights Foundation, CEASE, and more, followed by a block of text urging the Government and Ofcom to keep their promises about children’s online safety.
  • Position papers
  • Child Rights
  • Online Harms
  • United Kingdom

Joint statement on the children’s online safety regime

With the Protection of Children Code of Practice due imminently, the Children’s Coalition urges the UK Government and Ofcom to strengthen their commitment to child online safety.
A tablet displaying a formal letter addressed to the UK Prime Minister, titled "Children’s Coalition for Online Safety." The letter, dated 4 April 2025, is shown on a wooden desk alongside a cup of coffee, two white wireless earbuds, and a blank weekly planner with a pen resting on it. The letter emphasises the importance of enforcing the Online Safety Act to protect children online.
  • Position papers
  • Child Rights
  • Online Harms
  • United Kingdom

Joint letter to the PM: prioritising online safety in UK-US trade deal

After Adolescence sparked national debate, the Children’s Coalition urged the PM to defend the Online Safety Act and make children’s safety a priority in upcoming UK–US trade talks.
Preliminary findings on ‘Walkie Talkie – All talk’ safety concerns for minors
  • Research
  • Online Harms
  • Global

Preliminary findings on ‘Walkie Talkie – All talk’ safety concerns for minors

5Rights preliminary findings show major safety concerns with the Walkie Talkie – All Talk app that could be putting children in danger.
A boy and a girl are both sitting on a white box, back-to-back, both looking at their respective smartphones. The girl, a young Asian girl, is wearing a white overshirt and sits upright. The boy, seemingly a few years old, has tight curls and is sitting slouched with his phone, in both hands, rested on his thighs. The light from their phones is bouncing off their faces. The white backdrop appears lit by a purple light.
  • Reports
  • Sexual Exploitation
  • Global

Guiding principles for addressing technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse

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.
A young boy sat on a staircase. He is holding a phone in his right hand and holding his head with his left hand. He looks dejected.
  • Position papers
  • Online Harms
  • Europe

World Mental Health Day Joint Statement

5Rights has joined 32 organisations in signing Mental Health Europe’s joint statement calling for European institutions to honour their promises to better support the mental health of all in Europe, particularly children.
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  • Position papers
  • Online Harms
  • United Kingdom

5Rights Consultation Response to Ofcom’s Children’s Safety Code

5Rights raises concerns over Ofcom’s draft Children’s Safety Code of Practice as the current draft doesn’t fully deliver on its promise of a reset for children’s safety online.