LSE Department of Media and Communications. A new study co-authored by world-leading #childrights expert Prof @sonialivingstone.bsky.social reveals 1 in 6 internet-using #children across #Africa & #Asia experience tech-facilitated #abuse: "The problem is global, and so must be the solutions."

How has #BigTech avoided accountability, and how do we drive real change? Join Baroness #BeebanKidron, @sonialivingstone.bsky.social & Peter Wanless for the online launch of Kidron's powerful new book, Users. 🗓️ 25 June 4-5pm 👇 Sign up: www.digital-futures-for-children.net/events/book-...

“Why would we go for the simple solution of just banning children from a digital world, and why would we not then implement the thoughtful child rights’-respecting solution [of making it safer online], which would be better for children and for everybody?” @sonialivingstone.bsky.social

‘The future of children in a digital world, and particularly their chance to flourish in it, remains in doubt…’ Ella Rhodes reports on the UK ‘social media ban’, with comment from @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @orbenamy.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social & more. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

🎬 Missed last week's expert briefing on child safety online? The replay is live! @sonialivingstone.bsky.social chaired this IPIE session on platform harms and the urgent actions needed to protect children online. 🎞️ Watch here: youtu.be/JGi5EiCsVFg?... #ChildSafety #OnlineHarm

“What will we ban? How will we ban them? What will we provide for children when we have banned them? How will we even know if we have banned them? And what about the children who find the workarounds?” 💡 @sonialivingstone.bsky.social on social media age ban #commsky www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

“#Children are curious & excited, & want to experiment & explore what #AI can do” @sonialivingstone.bsky.social member of the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on #ArtificialIntelligence discusses how she will ensure #childrensrights are heard in the age of AI 👇 unric.org/en/protectin...

ICYMI. LSE Department of Media and Communications. @sonialivingstone.bsky.social is featured in The Guardian as part of the expert group drafting the UK’s first national #screentime guidance. She warns against content designed to "maximise hold and attention" through addictive algorithms:

@sonialivingstone.bsky.social is featured in The Guardian as part of the expert group drafting the UK’s first national #screentime guidance. She warns against content designed to "maximise hold and attention" through addictive algorithms: www.theguardian.com/society/2026... #Digital #Parenting

Do traditional media theories still hold up in a digital world? 🌐 Join #BartCammaerts at for his book launch, Dichotomies in Media and Communication Theory. 🗓️ Tues 31 March 6.30-8pm 📍 LSE + Online 🎟️ Register: www.lse.ac.uk/events/media-1 #LSEMedia #MediaTheory #London @routledgebooks.bsky.social

👏 Delighted to announce that @sonialivingstone.bsky.social has been appointed to the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI. 🌐 The first global scientific panel on AI brings together 40 experts to study AI’s impact and guide policy with evidence: www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-...

🚨 And we're live! Chair @sonialivingstone.bsky.social discussing tension between pedagogy, profit & policy in #EdTech. 📺 Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNG7... Get involved with tonight's conversation using #LSEEvents @5rightsfound.bsky.social #AI #EdTech #childrights #education

Today is #SaferInternetDay The DIORA study looked at what young people do online and how it makes them feel The animation below designed with young people turns the findings from the UKRI-funded study into bite-sized practical tips looking at how these experiences shape mental health and wellbeing

🌐 On #SaferInternetDay, the #EUKids Online team shares new findings on how children use and think about generative AI 🤖👧🧒 — moving from hype to action. 🔗 Read more: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202... #GenerativeAI #Childhood #DigitalSafety @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @mariyastoilova.bsky.social

This new piece by @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social is brilliant - and essential reading on the damage to the social texture that unbounded AI use threatens to do: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

👨‍🏫 EdTech is transforming education. Join us next Thursday 6.30pm as Sandra El Gemayel, #BaronessKidron, Julian Sefton-Green & Rhys Spence discuss what a #childrights-respecting, pedagogically-sound vision for #EdTech looks like. See more 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/events/edtech @sonialivingstone.bsky.social

The UK shouldn’t rush to a social media ban for children under 16 @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

💥New | Reducing online harms requires radical transparency ✍️ @bloggeronpole.bsky.social #OnlineSafety #Regulation #SocialMedia

Thanks to everyone who joined our How is Gen Z faring? event & to our wonderful speakers for such thoughtful contributions - @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @pravpatalay.bsky.social @emilytanner.bsky.social @careyoppenheim.bsky.social 📺Watch the event + slides: ow.ly/GWP650XHvLe

🤖 As AI becomes part of kids’ lives, excitement meets concern — about safety, fairness & bias. 🤔 Can AI literacy really empower #children in a digital world? 🌍 Read insights from @mariyastoilova.bsky.social & @sonialivingstone.bsky.social for #GlobalMILWeek2025 🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

Having kids 10 years apart gives me some interesting access to evolving norms. I'm very pleased to see the 5 Cs for media use being used now in the pediatric handouts. Kudos to @sonialivingstone.bsky.social especially for pushing this forward.

@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

The integration of #AI in children’s lives poses both great opportunities & concerns about safety, fairness & bias. Can teaching AI literacy empower them to use AI well & safely? @mariyastoilova.bsky.social & @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

🐦📱 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

AI is becoming a big part of kids’ lives—but it raises questions about safety, fairness, and bias. 🤖 @mariyastoilova.bsky.social & @sonialivingstone.bsky.social explore the pitfalls and promises in their latest Media@LSE blog: 🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

The EU has published a world-first risk landscape report under the #DSA. It flags systemic risks on big platforms — from illegal content to generative AI— and tracks how platforms are addressing them. More transparency. More accountability. A safer online space for all. link.europa.eu/NKM4yd

Coram's third Future of Youth Forum, Digital Futures: From Risk to Response, will take place on Wednesday 8 October, 1.45–7.00pm at Coram, 41 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ. 🔗 Book your free place here: www.coram.org.uk/training-and...

💡New #DigitalFutures4Children research just out - A child rights audit of GenAI in EdTech: Learning from five UK case studies ⁉️Is #GenAI serving children well at school? Hardly! Our #ChildRights audit is led by Ayca Atabey 🔗https://www.digital-futures-for-children.net/our-work/genai-edtech

This letter is important. It is a careful, detailed, scholarly, and accurate explanation of the elements of the DSA and EU law that prevent the DSA from being a "censorship" law in the first place. The list of EU expert signatories is stellar. @hutko.bsky.social @joanbarata.bsky.social

✨ DFC's August newsletter! 1️⃣ RIGHTS. AI launch 16 Sept @ 12-1pm UTC: global South children on GenAI www.digital-futures-for-children.net/events/right... 2️⃣ Look out for "A child rights audit of GenAI in EdTech" 3️⃣ Blogs by #DigitalFutures4Children mailchi.mp/5f329b907e01... @5Rights

✨ DFC's August newsletter! 1️⃣ RIGHTS. AI launch 16 Sept @ 12-1pm UTC: global South children on GenAI www.digital-futures-for-children.net/events/right... 2️⃣ Look out for "A child rights audit of GenAI in EdTech" 3️⃣ Blogs by #DigitalFutures4Children mailchi.mp/5f329b907e01... @5Rights

Out in the open: the US administration’s attempt to undermine the EU Digital Services Act (and other regulations) was evident. Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Children and Screens. NEW! #ScreenDeep Host Kris Perry sits down with Sonia Livingstone, OBE, FBA, @sonialivingstone.bsky.social to explore the intersection of children’s rights, online safety, parenting around child media use, #AI design, and public #policy in the digital world. bit.ly/4fnvefI

NEW! #ScreenDeep Host Kris Perry sits down with @sonialivingstone.bsky.social to explore the intersection of children’s rights, online safety, parenting around child media use, #AI design, and public #policy in the digital world. Listen now: bit.ly/4fnvefI

NEW! #ScreenDeep Host Kris Perry sits down with Sonia Livingstone, OBE, FBA, @sonialivingstone.bsky.social to explore the intersection of children’s rights, online safety, parenting around child media use, #AI design, and public #policy in the digital world. Listen NOW: bit.ly/4fnvefI

⚠️ 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....

⚠️ 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....

X has lost its legal battle against Ireland’s Online Safety Code, as the Irish High Court today dismissed the case and affirmed the media regulator’s authority to enforce tougher online safety regulations www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...

“Reddit, known for its online communities and discussions, said that while it does not want to know who its audience is: "It would be helpful for our safety efforts to be able to confirm whether you are a child or an adult."” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In the UK “young people often emphasize environmental issues and a sense of community. In contrast, in Japan, there is a stronger focus on healthcare and AI-driven robots designed to support people” #ToshieTakahashi #AycaAtabey #AI #DigitalFutures4Children blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

💡Introducing #PlatformLiteracy . . . ✔We needed a concept to explain #adolescents' hypervigilance to the details of how platforms work. 📌 Read more at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡Introducing #PlatformLiteracy . . . ✔We needed a concept to explain #adolescents' hypervigilance to the details of how platforms work. 📌 Read more at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tomorrow 7 July, Join @pauldolan.bsky.social & I for discussion chaired by brilliant @sonialivingstone.bsky.social re transformative power of Deep Listening & belief systems shaping how we communicate, understand, & disagree. #socialcohesion #polarisation #listening #deeplistening bit.ly/44hGUwT

The EU Kids Online network's feedback on the Guidelines for the Protection of Minors Online under the Digital Services Act is now available online: 🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-co... @sonialivingstone.bsky.social, @mariyastoilova.bsky.social #dsa #guidelines #comments #basedonevidence

“It’s a sad indictment of our society that we have to make polarised rants in order to get action” says @sonialivingstone.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the crisis in #youngpeople’s #mentalhealth & addictive #phone habits: observer.co.uk/culture/book... #anxiousgeneration

A lot of perspectives. @sonialivingstone.bsky.social made a resonating observation about how the themes published in 1985 (!) JoC have *many* overlaps with our 2025 interests. But this was one takeaway from a rich panel!

Here’s @sonialivingstone.bsky.social making sense in this piece by @tomfaber91.bsky.social on smartphones, young people and all that observer.co.uk/culture/book...