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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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  • 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 displaying a document titled 'The Data (Use and Access) Bill and children's data' by the 5Rights Foundation. The text on the screen describes the implications of data use for children's safety and privacy, focusing on the UK legislative landscape. The tablet rests on a wooden desk beside a blank notepad and a white pen. The document header includes 'House of Lords – Second Reading' and is dated November 2024."
  • Position papers
  • Data Protection
  • United Kingdom

Briefing on the Committee Stage of the Data (Use and Access) Bill

In this briefing for the House of Lords’ Committee Stage of the Data (Use and Access) Bill, 5Rights highlights the risks of weakened child data protections and calls for stronger safeguards against AI discrimination.
Global Online Safety Regulators Network: Regulatory Index
  • Official documents
  • Data Protection
  • United Kingdom

Global Online Safety Regulators Network: Regulatory Index

The Regulatory Index is a helpful guide to facilitate the collaboration of global online safety regulators. This foundational document presents the commonality and diversion of inter-jurisdictional regulators.
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  • Official documents
  • Data Protection
  • United Kingdom

5Rights responds to ICO’s Children’s Code Strategy 2024-25 

Last August, the Information Commissioner’s Office called for evidence on its Children’s Code Strategy, which 5Rights has responded to, calling for more robust enforcement in line with the Code’s foundational aims.
A person holding a document titled "Online Safety Code," which features a circular, colourful design on the cover with bars in shades of red, orange, yellow, and pink radiating outward. In the top right corner of the document is the logo and text "Coimisiún na Meán”, Ireland's media regulator. The publication date, written at the bottom, is "October 2024."
  • Official documents
  • Data Protection
  • Europe

Irish Online Safety Code

The Irish Coimisiún na Meán published today the Irish Online Safety Code and accompanying guidance. This key document is part of the Irish Online Safety Framework to make online platforms safer, moving to a safety-by-design approach.
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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  • 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.
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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  • Publications
  • Reports
  • Data Protection
  • United Kingdom

Analysis of the Online Safety Act’s provisions for children

As part of 5Rights’ campaign with Dove, this new analysis compares the Online Safety Act to the Age-Appropriate Design Code, showing how UK law is strengthening child protection online.
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  • Data Protection
  • Global

Approaches to Children’s Data Protection: international mapping

5Rights maps global efforts to protect children online. As countries adopt child-safe tech regulations, this report outlines key principles for a unified global standard to safeguard kids’ privacy and well-being in the digital age.