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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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Joint submission: The recurrent and prominent systemic risks faced by children and measures for their mitigation
  • Position papers
  • Child Rights
  • European Union

Joint submission: The recurrent and prominent systemic risks faced by children and measures for their mitigation

5Rights, with four child rights and family organisations, outlines how very large online platforms overlook design risks and calls for mandatory child rights impact assessments to meet DSA obligations.
A tablet lying on a light grey surface displays a formal letter titled "Civil society’s urgent warning: The EU's Code of Practice for General Purpose AI final draft cannot abandon fundamental rights, and protections for children." The letter is addressed to Executive Vice-President Virkkunen and outlines concerns from various organisations about downgrading key protections in the AI Code.
  • Position papers
  • AI
  • European Union

Joint letter: the EU’s Code of Practice for General Purpose AI cannot abandon children

Civil society groups urge the EU to uphold children’s rights and fundamental protections in the Code of Practice for General Purpose AI, warning against voluntary safeguards that undermine the AI Act.
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  • Reports
  • Services
  • European Union

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.
A laptop placed on a wooden desk in a bright workspace displays a joint statement by the 5Rights Foundation and Eurochild regarding the INI report on the protection of minors. The document on the screen features the 5Rights Foundation logo in blue and the Eurochild logo in orange. The title, written in bold blue text, emphasises the importance of protecting minors online. The workspace surrounding the laptop includes a neatly stacked notebook, a pair of glasses, and a green plant beside the laptop, contributing to a professional and organised setting.
  • Position papers
  • Child Rights
  • European Union

Joint statement on the European Parliament’s report on the protection of minors

A joint statement for a strong INI report to promote a harmonised, child-centred digital environment and identify existing gaps on child online protection.
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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
  • Child Rights
  • European Union

A High Level of Privacy, Safety & Security for Minors

To protect children online, the DSA must be enforced effectively. 5Rights unveils new guidance based on global standards to help regulators and companies prioritise child safety in the digital age.
CEN-CENELEC Workshop Agreement 18016
  • Technical standards
  • Age-Assurance
  • European Union

CEN-CENELEC Workshop Agreement 18016

Tech companies are now required to design services safe for children, following new guidance by EU standardisation body, CEN-CENELEC. This new standard is a key step toward standardised age-appropriate design under the DSA.
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  • Position papers
  • Services
  • European Union

5Rights Response to “An EU initiative on virtual worlds”

5Rights outlines priorities to ensure the EU’s metaverse vision safeguards children’s rights, calling for child-centred design and robust regulatory frameworks.
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  • Position papers
  • AI
  • European Union

AI Act trilogues: the EU’s last chance to protect children

As the EU institutions enter into negotiations on the AI Act, we urge negotiators not to miss out on the chance to ensure that AI is safe for children by default and by design across the EU.