Keeping Children Safe Online
Trends in online platform regulation and emerging lessons
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Highlights
The age of digital technology has brought tremendous benefits for children – opening up new possibilities for learning, connection, play, and self-expression. Online platforms are central to this experience, shaping how children interact in the digital environment. Yet these same technologies also expose children to serious risks and harms. While online platforms can support the realisation of children’s rights, they may also cause, contribute, or be directly linked to child rights abuses.
In line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights4 (UNGPs) and the Child Rights and Business Principles5 (CRBPs), businesses have a responsibility to respect children’s rights and prevent and remedy children’s rights abuses. Governments around the world are now passing laws and regulations to make digital spaces – especially online platforms – safer and more rights-respecting for all.
