Imagine if traditional toys carried the same harms for children as the digital world. A teddy bear that collects and sells their personal data, a walkie talkie that connects children to adult strangers, or a night light that is designed to keep them awake. This is the reality of the digital world’s effect on children. … Continue reading 5Rights Foundation launches Twisted Toys
Join us in supporting the Summer of Play New research from Save the Children and Beano Brain reveals more than half of children are playing outside and with their friends less - and a quarter are less active - than before the pandemic hitLeading charities, businesses and child development experts are calling on the country … Continue reading Summer of Play
Harriet Grant of The Guardian reports that Councils in London are facing resistance over plans to build homes on children’s play spaces in inner-city estates. Housebuilding plans are being drawn up across the capital in an attempt to reduce housing waiting lists. Southwark council alone aims to build 11,000 homes for social rent by 2043 and is … Continue reading London councils under fire for plans to build homes on play areas
Former Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield is mounting a legal challenge against TikTok and its use of children's data. This is another step in attempts to keep children's data safe online, following on from the European Commission publishing 2030 Digital Compass: the European way for the Digital Decade, in which the Commission gave a … Continue reading TikTok sued for billions over use of children’s data
The Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC) is leading a powerful international coalition of 100 experts, advocates, and organisations in calling on Facebook to abandon its plans to create an Instagram for children. According to an internal memo published by BuzzFeed, Facebook plans to build “a version of Instagram that allows people under the age … Continue reading Tell Facebook: no instagram for children
“It’s official – children's rights apply in the digital world! This is a major step forward for how we conceive of the responsibilities of governments and technology businesses - they must now act in children’s best interests, and observe their rights to privacy, safety and access to information that is truthful, adapted to their age … Continue reading 5Rights welcomes UN General Comment ushering in new standards for children’s rights in digital space
