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“Many young people could find ways around age verification #AV methods and a ban would stop them accessing positive content on social media, the report said. The committee instead called on the government to hold social media companies to account more effectively.” #OnlineSafety

🚨 We're at the European Parliament calling out social media platforms for the harm they are doing to children - LIVE now! Join the live-streamed discussion with our Executive Dir., L. Barrington-Leach, and Dir. of the #DigitalFutures4Children centre, Sonia Livingstone: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin…

#Childrensrights apply online as well as offline, or do they? Sonia Livingstone presented at the Annual children’s rights lecture Doughty Street Chambers. With young person Nicole Stoilova, Sonia unpacked the opportunities & risks posed online for #children: youtube.com/watch?v=2Y5Fmb…

⚠️Children’s safety is not for sale. If the Online Safety Act is weakened, millions of young people will be exposed to greater online harm. 5Rights and 24 members of the children's coalition have urged UK Prime Minister to hold the line: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joint…

The idea that digital regulation is an attack on free speech is a myth, largely perpetuated by allies of big tech. In The New European: UK’s fastest growing media title I set out why we must stand firm against attempts to use tariffs as a weapon against online safety. theneweuropean.co.uk/britain-must-n…

📱 Teens are encountering, using & producing an unprecedented amount of sexualised imagery. In this LSE Media & Communications event, Lelia Green, PROF J Ringrose she/her/TRANS NONBINARY ALLY🏳️‍⚧️ Kim Sylwander, Giselle Woodley & Sonia Livingstone will discuss what this means. More info 👇 lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/05… 🧵 3/5

🚨Our latest newsletter is OUT!🚨 Fellowship and postdoc opps, 7 ways AI is changing creativity, game-changing mindshifts for teaching digital wellbeing & citizenship and more ➡ connectedlearning.news/Vol257 #ConnectedLearning

🚸Let's make sure the rise of AI is a gift for children, not a curse. Join our virtual launch of our Children & AI Design Code! With leading voices in digital governance alongside experts behind the Code. 🗓️29/04 🕓16:00-17:15 (BST) 🖋️ events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d61abacc…

During the Committee Stage of the Crime and Policing Bill, PPS Joe Robertson MP advocated for a series of new clauses addressing AI-generated Child Sexual Abuse Material. "As the UK’s frontline against child sexual abuse imagery, the IWF was among the first to sound the alarm

Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’ techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/met…

Yesterday, Fairplay filed a devastating petition with serious allegations that Meta violated my Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). I’m calling on FTC to investigate.

Each and every day our analysts scour the internet to remove child sexual abuse imagery so that you and your loved ones aren't exposed to this material. 👨‍👩‍👧 Our role in protecting the public from stumbling across criminal content and preventing the revictimization of survivors is

Would you let your 5-year-old chat to a 42-year-old stranger in the real world? The Guardian has shared our latest research showing how children and adults can freely interact on Roblox, one of the most popular virtual playgrounds for children: theguardian.com/technology/202…

⚠️ Over 20 orgs & bereaved parents have joined 5Rights in calling on Govt & Ofcom to strengthen the UK’s online safety regime — not weaken it. With the Protection of Children Code of Practice due soon, this is a critical moment. 📚 Our joint statement: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joint…

this is horrifying - and it lines up with what young people have been experiencing for years. we need to disrupt the business model that preys on our wellbeing for corporate profit. techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/met…

🤖We owe it to children to show the forethought to make AI safe and empowering - that's why we need to bring the Children & AI Design Code to life. Join Amandeep Gill, for our Virtual Launch of The Children & AI Design Code. 💻Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d61abacc…

🌟Children need to be at the table in building a digital world that respects their rights and well-being. That's why we're bringing you the 2nd International Conference on Children's Rights. 🚨DEADLINE for abstract submissions: 25/4/2025! 🗓️9-11/9/2025 📘blogs.sun.ac.za/law/files/2025…

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📢The Honourable Neema K. Lugangira (MP) will speak at our Children and AI Design Code launch - Neema Lugangira champions digital inclusion globally Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d61abacc… 🗓️29 April🕓15:00-16:15 (UTC) ⁦LSE Media & Communications⁩ #DigitalFutures4Children ⁦5Rights Foundation⁩

💡What guidance is needed by academics and researchers who collaborate with digital companies to improve youth mental health? If they should do so at all… 🤔 Lots to be debated! 📖Read our new o/a article for ⁦digitalyouth⁩ ⁦LSE Media & Communications⁩ acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ca…