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5Rights Foundation exists to make systemic changes to the digital world so that it caters for children and young people, by design and default.

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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚸Children are already bearing the cost of AI that was never proven safe for the classroom. Earlier this month at UNESCO #DigitalLearningWeek Over 25 education Ministers have called for evidence of safety and educational benefit before AI is deployed in schools. 5rightsfoundation.com/over-25-coun...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What if we stopped asking children to adapt to unsafe technology – and started asking technology to be safe for children? That’s the thinking behind 5Rights #ChildhoodRedrawn campaign. Read Leanda Barrington-Leach’s op-ed for Eurochild: eurochild.org/news/childho...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘No child should be a guinea pig for unregulated AI.’ Brazil protects 51 million children from manipulative AI. Elsewhere, millions of children face risks. At UN General Assembly, Governments must turn  obligations into concrete action. 🔗 Read our call: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For years, evidence pointed to design as the key risk to children online. The EU KIDS Act reflects this shift but its strongest safeguards only apply to social media & video-sharing apps. But every product, including EdTech & AI, should apply these rules. 🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/new-eu-kids-...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🔄 The burden of proof is flipping. At today's #SOTEU address, it was announced that platforms will now have to prove kids are safe, not the other way around. 📍🇫🇷 Our #ChildhoodRedrawn campaign was in Strasbourg, right where von der Leyen was making her address 5rightsfoundation.com/soteu-2026-p...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
✏️ Tech companies have spent two decades redrawing childhood. 🇪🇺 Tomorrow, President von der Leyen delivers her State of the Union address - we're telling policymakers to prove products are safe before they reach a child. Join us 🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/childhood-re... #ChildhoodRedrawn #SOTEU
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
💬 “Restricting bad things is not the same as having a blanket ban.” Infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, algorithmic feeds - these are some of the specific features designed to hook children. Restrict them, and you force platforms to redesign the system itself, not just lock kids out.
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📱Today, 5Rights Executive Director, Leanda Barrington-Leach was at the Conference on Online Safety for Children and Young People organised by the Irish Presidency to the EU. She argued that if we want to keep children safe online, we must ensure that tech is safe by design.
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📱⚖️ Regulate tech, not kids. We are proud to join 140+ orgs & experts in a letter to EC President von der Leyen ahead of her #SOTEU address: ensure tech companies prove their products are safe and age-appropriate before for all children. 🔗 Read the letter: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In 2017, 14-year-old Molly Russell took her own life. A coroner found social media contributed to her death. The documentary ‘Molly Vs The Machines’ traces follows her father’s fight to understand what happened. In Belgium, watch Sun 6 Sept, 22:10, Be Ciné (BeTV) www.mollyvsthemachines.com/trailer
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
💬 “We shouldn't be having court cases to deal with harms 10 years later.” Meta is making changes to protect children in the US. So why should children elsewhere have to wait? 🎧 Hear 5Rights’ Leanda Barrington-Leach on The Europeans podcast: podmust.com/podcast/thee...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🧒📱 Whether or not a child uses AI, AI is already shaping decisions about them. A new evidence review by Smera Jayadeva & Sonia Livingstone (#DigitalFutures4Children) maps AI's harms, gaps and blind spots for kids. researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/14...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
⚖️📱Meta just settled a child online safety trial in the US for $17 billion. No business pays that out unless it knows it had a case to answer. A settlement isn’t a solution – limiting access will not stop exploitation. Tech must be safe by design and default, and certified before it reaches a child.
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
📚 Last year Australia banned social media for under 16s. But the people affected the most were barely consulted. This anthology presents global contributions on how to best centre children’s own experiences in the debate about their digital lives. 🔗 researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Children must understand the technologies that shape their lives. Critical AI literacy can help them recognise both the opportunities and risks of AI. 125+ orgs are urging governments to support children with the resources needed to navigate AI safely. 🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Are we adopting #EdTech faster than we can study its impact? 📱 A review of 2,100+ global studies by the #DigitalFutures4Children centre & @5rightsfound.bsky.social reveals major research gaps around student privacy, wellbeing & digital rights, not just test scores: www.lse.ac.uk/news/researc...
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Educational Technology | Children | Learning
56 research reviews covering more than 2,100 studies from around the world found educational technology can improve learning when used well, but warned that existing research has focused overwhelmingl...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Children should have a say in the technologies shaping their lives. AI systems shouldn’t be designed without listening to the kids they affect. 🔗 Read the call of 125+ organizations urging governments to put children’s voices at the heart of AI decisions: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Kids shouldn’t be left powerless when their rights are harmed.They need ways to seek help, challenge decisions and get violations addressed. Read the call of 125+ orgs and experts asking for remedies with 10 clear steps to protect child rights in the age of AI. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🧑‍🏫 EdTech needs to pass the test. A new review of 2,100+ studies reveals gaps in what we know about EdTech, from learning experiences and wellbeing to how different children are affected. 📖 Read more: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/ass...
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A scoping review of the impact of EdTech on children’s learning
Despite investments in EdTech, its success for learning is unclear. This scoping review warns of a lack of evidence about the wider impact of EdTech on kids.
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📚 Great to see the Raspberry Pi Foundation's draft principles for safe and responsible EdTech draw on work from 5Rights Foundation and the Digital Futures for Children centre. A valuable contribution to putting children's rights at the heart of digital learning. www.raspberrypi.org/app/uploads/...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Children must understand the technologies shaping their lives. 🔗 Read the call from 125+ orgs governments to require clear, age-appropriate explanations with 10 steps to protect children’s rights in the age of AI: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Children’s rights do not depend on where they live or what technology they use. Regulatory gaps must not leave some kids with weaker protections. We’re urging governments to close loopholes with 10 clear steps to protect children’s rights in the age of AI. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Children want technology that supports them, not technology that constantly watches them. We’re joining 120+ organizations calling on governments to prohibit unlawful digital surveillance of children in educational, commercial and care settings. 🔗 Statement: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Kids believe that if companies build AI, it’s on them to make it safe, not on parents and children. We’re joining 100+ organizations urging governments to hold them accountable with 10 clear steps to protect children’s rights in the age of AI. 🔗Read our call: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
EU says tech firms must prove safety before accessing children. The Commission's Special Panel on Child Safety Online has handed its final report to von der Leyen, after a year's work by experts and young people. 5Rights sat on the panel throughout. More: 5rightsfoundation.com/eu-says-tech...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🖋️The digital world children grow up in today was shaped by choices. So is the future. Sir Peter Wanless reflects on Baroness Beeban Kidron’s new book Users: How Big Tech Took Control and How to Fight Back, exploring how tech choices shape children’s online experiences. www.lbc.co.uk/article/digi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Kids believe that tech companies should never be allowed to design AI that manipulates them or keeps them hooked. We’re joining 100+ organizations urging governments to ban design that preys on children for profit with 10 clear steps to protect their rights. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When kids worry about AI, one of their biggest fears is what it does to their private information. With AI governance on the global agenda, we’re joining 100+ organizations urging governments to act with 10 recommendations to protect children’s rights. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Children are adopting AI technologies more than 3 times faster than adults, yet they were never built with their rights in mind. Today, governments meet for the first-ever Global Dialogue on AI. We’re joining 100+ orgs urging them to act with 10 clear steps. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Children's lives are increasingly impacted by AI systems that were never built with their safety in mind 📱 On Monday, world leaders meet to discuss AI governance. We’re joining 100+ organizations demanding they hold tech companies accountable to respect children’s rights by design and by default.
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Users: How Big Tech Took Control And How To Fight Back is out now. Join Baroness Beeban Kidron, Professor Sonia Livingstone and Sir Peter Wanless today for a conversation on children's rights, digital policy and the future of online safety. 🗓️ Today | 4–5pm (BST) 📍 Online (Zoom) lnkd.in/egMhsTGa
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Join author Baroness Beeban Kidron, Professor Sonia Livingstone and Sir Peter Wanless for the launch of Users: How Big Tech Took Control and How to Fight Back. 🗓️ Thursday, 25 June | 4–5pm (BST) 📍 Online (Zoom) Register: www.digital-futures-for-children.net/events/book-...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🚨 New research suggests TikTok, Instagram and X are directing child accounts towards violent, sexualised and suicide-related content within minutes. It's time to hold tech companies accountable for children's rights and safety online. 📱⚠️ #ChildOnlineSafety 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/exp...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
What happens when the tools built to connect us are designed to divide, distract and control instead? Join the launch of Users, the new book by Beeban Kidron, in conversation with Sonia Livingstone and Peter Wanless. Thu 25 June 4–5pm BST Online www.digital-futures-for-children.net/events/book-...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Research from Steve Wood and the #DigitalFutures4Children centre: major platforms responded to early regulation - then stalled. The framework exists. What's missing is enforcement and safety by design built in from the start. 🔗https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/138377/
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
💬 "The opportunity came in the form of one sentence." Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid and Baroness Beeban Kidron join the #TechThisOut! podcast to reflect on years of hard-won progress for children's rights in the digital environment. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3NYt...
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How can half a sentence transform children’s rights online?
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Age-appropriate design is gaining ground across Latin America. As Brazil's ECA Digital enters into force, 5Rights and partners are driving momentum for tech accountability across the region. ➡️ 5rightsfoundation.com/momentum-for...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It started with half a sentence in a policy document. It grew into legislation that changed the internet for millions of children. 🎧 The Season 1 finale of Tech This Out! is out now: open.spotify.com/episode/3NYt... #ChildRights #Podcast
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🔜 The season 1 finale of 5Rights youth-led podcast Tech This Out! drops next week - Baroness Beeban Kidron and Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid reflect on years of hard-won progress for children online. 🎧 Catch up on season 1: open.spotify.com/show/4LXwiKp...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🇬🇧 2/3 of UK children use AI chatbots - but without clear legal standards governing what these systems generate, they can expose children to harm. Baroness Beeban Kidron is in the House of Lords today debating amendments for safeguards to protect them. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Why are some of the world’s most elite schools turning away from screens? In the latest edition of the #TechThisOut! podcast, 5Rights Youth Ambassador Mithesh speaks with Mark West (UNESCO) about whether EdTech is living up to its promises or leaving students behind.
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🆕📢 5 years after General comment No. 25, too many digital products and services still prioritise engagement over children’s safety. Our new report sets out a global blueprint to change this: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/bui...
Cover of report titled An international best practices blueprint for a digital environment designed with children in mind
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Children didn’t choose to grow up in a digital world designed to exploit them. 5 years after GC25 affirmed their rights in the digital world, we join 55+ organizations calling on leaders to enforce rights-respecting, age-appropriate design. 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/unc...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
📍 Event: Five years of UNCRC General comment No. 25. Join 5Rights & #DigitalFutures4Children to reflect on impact + launch two new #GC25 reports exploring global uptake and providing a best practices blueprint. 🗓️ Mon 2 March, 12:00 CET digital-futures-for-children.net/events/GC25-...
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🇬🇧 The UK regulator has fined Reddit £14.5m for failing to protect children’s data. Relying on self-declared age is not enough – the rules are there, and they must be enforced to keep children safe. 📖 More in @thetimes.com : www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
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Reddit fined £14.5 million for ‘failing to protect children’
The UK’s data protection watchdog said it issued the penalty because the online forum had put children at risk by failing to implement stringent age checks
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
📚🤖 EdTech is transforming education, but at what cost? Join 5Rights @LSE DFC for the event: “EdTech at the crossroads of pedagogy vs profit”. ⏰ 12th February 2026, 6:30 - 8pm (UTC) 📍 In-person at LSE and online 🔗 Info + register: www.lse.ac.uk/events/edtech #ChildRights #LSEevents
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🎧 Students data is regularly being exploited in ways they may not be aware of. In this edition of #TechThisOut! 5Rights Youth Ambassador Maximillian sits down with Patricia Kosseim, Info and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (Canada) to uncover what happens behind the scenes. loom.ly/dgrEEj0
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🆕 🔍 Digital policies are shaping children’s futures, but children aren’t shaping these policies. New Digital Futures for Children centre review of 300+ policies across 35 countries finds children are mentioned but rarely heard or treated as rights holders. 📄: eprints.lse.ac.uk/130444
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
AI is here to stay, but children must never be the testing ground. 🇬🇷 At #AIAthens2025, 5Rights Leanda Barrington-Leach, in conversation with George Pagoulatos, Ambassador of Greece to the OECD, called for AI to prioritise children’s rights and safety.
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5Rights Foundation @5rightsfound.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🇬🇷 This Thurs (4th Dec), 5Rights’ Leanda Barrington-Leach joins the Athens Roundtable to discuss protecting children from untested AI and setting limits for frontier AI with Sofia Zacharaki, Greek Minister of Education & Religious Affairs. Join online: loom.ly/VqgkTGs #AIAthens2025
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