How does free play manifest in the digital environment?
June 14, 2021
By Kruakae Pothong, Sonia Livingstone and Angela Colvert Children will always find ways to have fun. And they don’t distinguish where they play – online »
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Reimagining digital play: we want more sociability, hybridity and safety, with fewer tricky freemiums
March 1, 2021
By Kruakae Pothong In our digital play consultation we are hearing from children and young people how they are finding ways to enjoy online the »
Why play matters in a digital world
January 25, 2021
By Sonia Livingstone To ask afresh why children’s play matters, and to figure out how to design a better digital world, we have already taken »
Imagining digital play in the best interests of children and young people
December 9, 2020
The Digital Futures Commission has launched its first consultation on play in the digital world. The aim is to re-imagine play in the digital world. We invite you to »
A consultation on play in a digital world launches the Digital Futures Commission
November 23, 2020
By Sonia Livingstone Play is a vital way in which children enjoy and express themselves, develop, build relationships and participate in the world. But today »
What is free play, and why does it matter?
November 16, 2020
By Kate Cowan Play is an important part of children’s lives, but adults often find defining and understanding play a challenge. Philosophers, psychologists, biologists, anthropologists »
What does good look like for play in a digital world?
October 13, 2020
By Sonia Livingstone When we tell people that the Digital Futures Commission will begin its work by rethinking children’s play, their eyes light up. There’s »
Play in a digital world
October 7, 2020
To understand what good looks like for children’s play in a digital world, we cut through today’s anxious confusion by integrating insights from multiple sources »
Let Kids Wonder, Question, and Make Mistakes: How the Designers of Children’s Technology Think about Child Well-being
August 7, 2023
What practical issues arise when involving children in designing digital products and services, and what can be learned from practitioners’ experiences? Given the Digital Futures »
A step towards clarity: welcoming ICO’s new guidance for EdTech on the Age Appropriate Design Code
July 17, 2023
by Ayça Atabey, Louise Hooper, Sonia Livingstone and Kruakae Pothong We warmly welcome recently updated guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on how the »
Child Rights by Design – catch up on our webinar, and the discussion of our work
May 29, 2023
How should we design the digital world in the best interests of children? If you missed our recent webinar presenting our Child Rights by Design »
How do our EdTech Certification criteria emerge from our work at the Digital Futures Commission?
May 22, 2023
By Ayça Atabey, Sonia Livingstone & Kruakae Pothong After three years of intensive research on the governance of education data at the Digital Futures Commission, »