www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection

A lot of you resonated with this post about my choice to leave Twitter (thanks!). Now, I've spoken with @stokel.bsky.social for a British Medical Journal article about Royal Colleges and institutions leaving X. My thoughts here: www.bmj.com/content/392/...

This this THIS! Social media bans might (?) be well-intentioned, but are completely missing the root and nature of the issue, and will likely leave young people even less equipped to deal with what they encounter online.

@sonialivingstone.bsky.social spoke at the International Meeting on children’s rights & #AI: “We must move beyond safety-by-design & privacy-by-design to embrace #ChildRights by Design.” 📜 Declaration of Intent presented to #PopeLeo XIV: lnkd.in/d__K65y7 #ChildRights #DigitalSafety #ChildDignity

In this #OpenAccess paper, Jessica Bezek et al. investigate unique profiles of resilience in a relatively large sample of adolescents exposed to moderate to severe neighborhood disadvantage. Read the full paper to learn more! https://bit.ly/3L7Mkn1

🐦📱 Children face new risks online—and new opportunities. Our #WorldChildrensDay panel explored what’s working, what’s not, and what’s urgently needed to protect their rights in digital spaces. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/UuVKWzdBcL8 🎧 Listen: www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?i... @sonialivingstone.bsky.social

What actions are necessary to work effectively at the intersections of violence against women and violence against children? Read more of the #ChildGauge2025 recommendations in the full research publication or the policy brief: bit.ly/4oqDxv4 #EndViolence #16Days

What a valuable read for parents and young people all around the world. The Digital Abstinence Movement will come knocking. Best to start thinking how to preserve your data and social ties before they're taken away.

Challenge to Australia social media ban for U-16s: rather than the ban, “bring us into safer spaces, with rules that work: age‑appropriate features, privacy‑first age assurance, and fast takedowns.”

More seriously, looks like young people in Australia know how to read bona fide scientific research and are keen to exercise their internationally recognised human rights... Instead of silly abstinence, let's use science to make the internet an empowering place!

Couldn't be a more timely launch of this #DigitalFutures4Children report later today as children’s rights come under increasing pressure in the digital environment (and indeed, everywhere). Looking forward to catching it online! www.lse.ac.uk/events/digit... @5rightsfound.bsky.social #ChildRights

📌📄 In case you missed it: Our Child Gauge 2025 poster. It explains key concepts & levers for change to #EndViolence against women & children. It also sets out recommendations for strengthening systems. Break the silos. Break the cycle. Keen to read more about this? 🔗 bit.ly/4oqDxv4 #ChildGauge2025

I wrote something! “It is past time to move beyond campaigns to raise awareness of these forms of (school) violence, as important as they are to draw attention to the problem.” #safeschools #endviolence @childrensinstitute.bsky.social www.news24.com/opinions/ana...

Now underway: Launch of SA #ChildGauge2025. The focus of this year's edition is intersections of violence against women and children. Key findings are presented by @lucycpt.bsky.social (editor, Senior Researcher Children's Institute) & Prof Shanaaz Mathews (editor, UCT Health Sciences) #EndViolence

Launching Tuesday 4 Nov 📗📊 ‘South African Child Gauge 2025 Intersections of violence against women and children: Disrupting intergenerational harm.’ Tomorrow we release our new research publication #ChildGauge2025, its policy brief and an easy-to-read poster summary of findings & recommendations.

🎮 Gaming offers huge opportunities for kids - but also serious risks. 🇧🇷🇬🇧 New research from the Digital Futures for Children centre (DFC) maps how the gaming ecosystem shapes children’s experiences in Brazil and the UK. 🔗 https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/130029/ #ChildRights #Gaming

At my first event in South Africa for a few years (6!),the launch of the @childrensinstitute.bsky.social Child Gauge 2025, on the Intersections between violence against women and children (I wrote the chapter on schools!). Lovely to see some old friends.

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨 @tamigraph.bsky.social @briana-v.bsky.social and I discuss wellness chatbots, their labor implications, & "private vibes" vs "privacy". We call for critical human-AI communication scholarship that takes into account context & political economy: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

'I can see it in your face': the perils of age verification online davidbuckingham.net/2025/08/01/i...

⚠️ Child Rights Impact Assessment: A Policy Tool for a Rights‐Respecting Digital Environment - just published o/a by @Livingstone_S @Kruakae_Noony #DigitalFutures4Children @5RightsFound @MediaLSE #CRIA #DigitalEnvironment #ChildRights #GeneralComment25 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....