4️⃣ 𝗔𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 5️⃣  𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 6️⃣  𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 ✨ #DFC #DigitalFutures4Children #childrights #DigitalRights

👏Authors: Anri van der Spuy, Sabine K. Witting, Patrick Burton Patrick Burton, Emma Day, Sonia Livingstone Kim Sylwander 🫶Special thanks: REPHRAIN National Research Centre, LSE Media & Communications, 5Rights Foundation & Tech Legality

Please exclude South Africa from this narrative. The LGBTQ+ community gained constitutional protection and full human rights in 1994, culminating in the legalisation of same-sex marriage. Try somewhere else with this.🫸🏾

#DigitalFutures4Children WINTER MEET UP 📍 Tuesday 10th | 17:00 - 18:00 | Zoom Topic: How do we engage children? Lse.zoom.us/j/86953652773 No registration needed. 5Rights Foundation LSE Media & Communications

Ironic that "Afrikaner" is also a racial category (or at the very least a racialised cultural identity) as it is almost exclusively used and understood (also by Afriforum) to refer to selected WHITE people who speak Afrikaans. Does this make the executive order a "race law"?

Well, this is awkward…

In Africa, thousands of #HIV & TB doctors, nurses, peer educators & data capturers at #USAID funded projects lost their jobs too. Many have a slim chance of getting other jobs. We will never forget this cruelty. AVAC #ElonIsANazi #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace

I must admit I took some pleasure in our president's class act in diplomacy. To survive apartheid South Africa, Ramaphosa had to learn the art of diplomacy in which "right you are sir" actually meant "go fuck yourself."

African values under threat: African Commission must defend them, says Amnesty International's Khanyo Farise mg.co.za/thought-leader…

Netflix's series 'Adolescence' has sparked a global dialogue about toxic masculinity and violence. Amber Peterman, Alessandra Guedes 🇧🇷 🇺🇸, and Christine Kolbe-Stuart explore how this type of "edutainment" could be a powerful tool to promote social behavior change. thinkglobalhealth.org/article/netfli…

Heading to the Interaction Design for Children Conference next week? Check out the "Innovating Digital Play" panel featuring Executive Director Michael Preston as well as colleagues from LEGO, UNICEF, and @Scratch on 6/26 at 9:00 GMT. bit.ly/4n3BGfx #IDC2025

Hardly a day goes by where I don't think about this

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered WhatsApp and Instagram parent company Meta to permanently shut down channels publishing sexual content involving South African schoolchildren and identify the person behind them. news24.com/southafrica/cr…

⚠️ Child Rights Impact Assessment: A Policy Tool for a Rights‐Respecting Digital Environment - just published o/a by Sonia Livingstone Kruakae Pothong #DigitalFutures4Children 5Rights Foundation LSE Media & Communications #CRIA #DigitalEnvironment #ChildRights #GeneralComment25 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Sonia Livingstone (Sonia Livingstone), OBE, FBA, shared why school phone bans aren’t a total solution to the impacts children face from digital device use in the latest #ScreenDeep podcast drop. Learn more about public #policy, children's rights, and media use 👉

Fab researchers at National Literacy Trust launched new research asking: "What does AI mean for the future of literacy?" New findings offer insight into how young people & teachers use genAI & whether literacy skills can support a more critical approach. More: literacytrust.org.uk/ai-and-literacy

To help inform ongoing discussions on the future of global health in a new era, a new Nature Medicine comment presents key questions for rethinking the functions of global health in an era of declining solidarity and reduced aid. Read the article > doi.org/10.1038/s41591…

🚀 #DSAforYOUth teaser! The EU Digital Services Act makes the internet safer & more transparent. Our campaign will roll out more resources soon...stay tuned! For now, read more 👉 better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu/en/digital-ser… #DSA #DigitalRights

Investing in children has a high ROI. It not only makes great financial sense but investing in young people is investing in all our futures. Read my article with Reuters Business on a bold new initiative by CAF! #foreverychild UNICEF Latin America unicef.link/3VAufji

I’ve just heard that the boat, part of the Gaza air flotilla, carrying Mandla Mandela has been intercepted and that Mandela has been captured. A Mandela being captured, yet again, while fighting for human rights and justice is a shocking repeat of history. The fact that the