Resources
Explore our curated resources and find valuable publications, tools and positions on children’s rights in the digital environment.
Me & AI: Children and Young People’s Report
Me & AI brings together the voices of more than 1,100 children from 49 countries who shared their experiences, concerns, and recommendations through a global consultation organised to inform the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
A youth led report on creating a digital world for and by us
Led by young people at FlippGen over nearly six months, this report was co-designed, authored, and delivered by the same generation it speaks for – not about them, but by them.
Impact of regulation of children’s digital lives – Phase II
Impact of regulation of children’s digital lives – Phase II assesses the legislative progress since the first report, covering 2024–2026. The report analyses child safety and privacy changes across 70 platforms (including social media, AI chatbots and gaming) against the backdrop of the UK Online Safety Act, the Age-Appropriate Design Code, and the EU Digital Services Act.
Building a digital environment designed with children in mind: An international best practices blueprint
This report sets out a practical international blueprint to help policymakers address harmful design and business models, strengthen accountability, and ensure technology is safe and age-appropriate by design and default.
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.
A child rights audit of GenAI in EdTech: Learning from five UK case studies
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools are increasingly embedded in digital services and products that are used for and in education (EdTech), raising urgent questions about their impact on children’s learning and rights. We take a holistic child rights approach to children’s learning to evaluate five GenAI tools used in education – Character.AI, Grammarly, MagicSchool AI, Microsoft Copilot and Mind’s Eye.
Initial analysis on the first round of Risk Assessment Reports under the DSA
In this brief, 5Rights – as part of the DSA Civil Society Coordination Group – analyses the first DSA Risk Assessment Reports, highlighting key trends, best practices, and gaps, and urging transparency and trust in platform compliance.
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.
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?
