The Digital Futures Commission is working to put children’s interests at the centre of the design of the digital world. Its ambitious research programme is guided by a group of Commissioners with expertise in how children and digital technology intersect. Our programme of work led by Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE during the three years of the Commission will be focused on real world change for children and young people. We welcome expressions of interest in our work from all who wish to build the digital world young people deserve.
Beeban Kidron
Chair, 5Rights Foundation
What is the potential, and the problem, with digital design? How can we make digital design more compatible with children’s evolving capacities? In search of answers, Sonia Livingstone and Kruakae Pothong talk to Jenny Radesky about digital design and its implications for children’s development. Kruakae: Our current work on play aims to change the black »
By Ayca Atabey As of September 2, 2021, all organisations that provide online services that are likely to be accessed by children must comply with the Age-Appropriate Design Code (the Code). One of the key points the Code provides concerns choosing an appropriate lawful basis for data processing activities. Organisations must have a valid lawful »
By Kruakae Pothong & Sonia Livingstone This is the question that gets us up in the morning, though it’s not easy to answer. We are living through an unprecedented debate over the ethics and human rights principles that could or should underpin digital innovation. Faced with a bewildering array of new policy documents – guidance, »
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