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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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  • 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.
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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.
  • 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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  • 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.
Global Digital Compact
  • Official documents
  • Child Rights
  • United Nations

Global Digital Compact

The Global Digital Compact was adopted at the UN Summit of the Future, aimed at securing a better digital future for all, grounded in human rights. 5Rights welcomes the positive incorporation of our recommendations.
Governing AI for Humanity
  • Official documents
  • AI
  • Child Rights
  • United Nations

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.
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  • Position papers
  • Child Rights
  • European Union

Statement on European Commission’s guidelines on DSA Article 28(1)

5Rights and 37 children’s rights organisations call on the European Commission to ensure DSA Article 28(1) sets clear guidelines for protecting children’s privacy, safety, and security across digital platforms.
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  • Reports
  • 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?
Expert briefing: Children’s Rights and the UN Global Digital Compact
  • Position papers
  • Child Rights
  • United Nations

Expert briefing: Children’s Rights and the UN Global Digital Compact

Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Kim R. Sylwander, both part of the joint 5Rights-LSE Digital Futures for Children research centre, cover how we can ensure the Global Digital Compact effectively recognises the full range of children’s rights.
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  • Position papers
  • Child Rights
  • United Nations

August Statement on Global Digital Compact Informal Consultation

5Rights’ latest call for a Global Digital Compact that prioritises the promotion, protection and implementation of children’s rights in the digital environment on behalf of a group of organisations.
US Kids Code Coalition Statement: California Court Ruling
  • Position papers
  • Data Protection
  • US

US Kids Code Coalition Statement: California Court Ruling

This statement from the Kids Code Coalition highlights how the recent ruling on the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act is encouraging news for Kids Code bills across the country.
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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.