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Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social · 15d

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...

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Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · 28d

💡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

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DeathNerd Killer @daphnek.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · Sep 3

I also joined 30+ EU and US scholars on the DSA in letter debunking Jim Jordan's claims that the Digital Services Act is a censorship law (it's content neutral) and that it censors US speech (it applies only inside the EU) husovec.eu/wp-content/u...

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Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · Aug 29

✨ 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

Does Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) affect children's rights? Insights from children in the global South

12pm (UTC) 16 September 2026 | Livingstone, Fortim, Kaberi, Pothong and Raman | free event discussing RightsAI findings

www.digital-futures-for-children.net

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Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · Aug 29

✨ 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

Does Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) affect children's rights? Insights from children in the global South

12pm (UTC) 16 September 2026 | Livingstone, Fortim, Kaberi, Pothong and Raman | free event discussing RightsAI findings

www.digital-futures-for-children.net

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Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · Aug 26

news.sky.com/story/tamed-...

'Tamed' algorithms and plummeting pornography views: Impact of new online safety rules revealed one month on

More than half a million people have signed a petition calling for the Online Safety Act to be repealed, while ministers insist the new rules are a success. One month on, what difference have the cont...

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Aug 7

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...

Exclusive: Rubio orders US diplomats to launch lobbying blitz against Europe's tech law

President Donald Trump's administration has instructed U.S. diplomats in Europe to launch a lobbying campaign to build an opposition to the European Union's Digital Services Act, which Washington says stifles free speech and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies, an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters showed.

www.reuters.com

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brendan coke @brendancoke14.bsky.social · Aug 6

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

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

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Children and Screens @childrenandscreens.bsky.social · Aug 6

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

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Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · Aug 1

⚠️ 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....

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Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · Aug 1

⚠️ 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....

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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · Jul 29

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...

X loses legal challenge to Irish Online Safety Code | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

X has lost its legal challenge to Ireland’s Online Safety Code, after the High Court upheld the media regulator’s authority to impose stricter platform rules, finding them consistent with both the EU’...

www.mlex.com

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Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · Jul 14

“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...

Reddit introduces age verification in the UK ahead of new rules

The platform will bring in the measures from 14 July to stop under-18s looking at

www.bbc.co.uk

Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · Jul 12

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...

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Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · Jul 9

💡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....

Can platform literacy protect vulnerable young people against the risky affordances of social media platforms?

A qualitative study of young people with mental health difficulties sought to understand their digital experiences and identify whether their digital literacy helps them cope with online problems. ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · Jul 9

💡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....

Can platform literacy protect vulnerable young people against the risky affordances of social media platforms?

A qualitative study of young people with mental health difficulties sought to understand their digital experiences and identify whether their digital literacy helps them cope with online problems. ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Emily Kasriel @ekasriel.bsky.social · Jul 6

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

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EU Kids Online @eukidsonline.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · Jun 12

“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

‘Great Rewiring’ or moral panic: are young people really ...

Jonathan Haidt says the crisis in young people’s mental health is down to addictive phone habits. This may be too simple

observer.co.uk

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Jun 13

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!

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jun 9

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...

Livingstone believes that we need to look at the question with a wider lens. "What do we think a good childhood looks like?" she asks. "If we don't let children go on social media till they're 16, what is our plan for them being in touch with their friends? Are we going to let them out after school and let them walk home by themselves and hang out at the bus stop, or are we going to report them as hoodlums and menaces?"

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Jun 7

Among all the bad news about education - AI, over-assessment, teens not reading any more - it's great to hear that schools, their libraries and students are still quietly doing quite remarkable community-oriented things like this www.cilips.org.uk/love-librari...

Love Libraries – Bridging the generation gap through readingCILIPSAccessibility ToolsIncrease TextDecrease TextGrayscaleHigh ContrastNegative ContrastLight BackgroundLinks UnderlineReadable FontRes...

www.cilips.org.uk

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · Jun 4

How much is too much screen time for children under six? 📱

Digital Media Use in Early Childhood by Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon @sonialivingstone.bsky.social‬ @lsemedia.bsky.social Brian O’Neill Kylie J Stevenson‬ & Donell Halloway

@ranaabhyendrasingh.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social‬

Too much screen time? How digital media impacts children under six - LSE Review of Books

Digital Media Use in Early Childhood by Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Sonia Livingstone, Brian O'Neill, Kylie J. Stevenson and Donell Halloway examines how children under six interact with digital…

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · May 29

Catch up with our #DigitalFutures4Children event on “Teens, sexting and image-based sexual abuse: a child rights approach”.

The video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3SZ...

The podcast: www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?i...

Teens, sexting and image-based sexual abuse: a child rights approach | LSE Event

YouTube video by LSE

www.youtube.com

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