Getting Children’s Safety Online Right

Although the digital world connects children to learning, community, and creativity, today’s online environment also exposes them to real risks to their safety, privacy, and wellbeing. Getting Children’s Safety Online Right presents ten key steps to enhance children’s safety online, addressing the need for urgent action to better protect children’s rights and mitigate risks to their wellbeing online. Through the implementation of measures such as platform design, regulations grounded in children’s rights, data privacy protection, human rights due diligence of companies, and oversight and accountability mechanisms, these guidelines provide a pathway for regulations that enhance the protection of children online while avoiding approaches that may inadvertently push children to riskier, less monitored platforms. 

With children’s safety at stake, it is essential to find effective approaches that both address risks and protect children’s rights. This brief offers guidance to help ensure we get children’s safety online right.