Does online regulation work for children? Accounting for child rights impacts in the new regulatory era

Major online safety regulations and legislation are now in force across the UK and EU. Platforms have new duties, regulators have new powers, and expectations are high.

But what has actually changed for children?

On the 14th of May, the Digital Futures for Children centre (DFC), a joint research centre between LSE and 5Rights Foundation, will bring together leading voices from regulation, legal scholarship and child rights. In presenting new DFC research examining whether regulation is actually working, the event will reflect on how regulation reshapes platform design, governance and accountability in practice.

Speakers:

• Steve Wood, PrivacyX Consulting, former Deputy at the Information Commissioners's Office (ICO) (Report author)
• Baroness Beeban Kidron, Crossbench Peer, House of Lords, UK Parliament and Chair of the Management Committee at the Digital Futures for Children centre
• Professor Orla Lynskey, Chair of Law and Technology at UCL
• Professor Lorna Woods, OBE, Emeritus Professor of Internet Law at the University of Essex

Chair: Sonia Livingstone, Professor at the Department of Media and Communications, LSE and Director of the Digital Futures for Children centre

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