Reece Parslow
@reece-parslow.bsky.social
5Rights Foundation • #OnlineSafetyAct • #DataProtection
Working to build a safer and rights-respecting digital world for children by design and default. Views my own.
Working to build a safer and rights-respecting digital world for children by design and default. Views my own.
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Global developers' insights into Child Rights by Design
📢New #DigitalFutures4Children report by Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone.
🔎What will it take for digital businesses to respect #ChildRights? For #UNDP we asked them…
eprints.lse.ac.uk/128187/1/Pot...
@MediaLSE @5RightsFound
📢New #DigitalFutures4Children report by Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone.
🔎What will it take for digital businesses to respect #ChildRights? For #UNDP we asked them…
eprints.lse.ac.uk/128187/1/Pot...
@MediaLSE @5RightsFound
May 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Global developers' insights into Child Rights by Design
📢New #DigitalFutures4Children report by Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone.
🔎What will it take for digital businesses to respect #ChildRights? For #UNDP we asked them…
eprints.lse.ac.uk/128187/1/Pot...
@MediaLSE @5RightsFound
📢New #DigitalFutures4Children report by Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone.
🔎What will it take for digital businesses to respect #ChildRights? For #UNDP we asked them…
eprints.lse.ac.uk/128187/1/Pot...
@MediaLSE @5RightsFound
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Significant amount of personal data accessed in Legal Aid Agency data breach, says MoJ
Significant amount of personal data accessed in Legal Aid Agency data breach, says MoJ
Information including applicants’ criminal records downloaded in April cyber-attack, justice ministry confirms
A “significant amount of personal data” of people who applied online to the Legal Aid Agency since 2010, including criminal records, was accessed and downloaded in a cyber-attack in April, the Ministry of Justice has said.
More details soon …
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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📢 The UK Gov confirmed safety by design as a strategic priority for #OnlineSafetyAct enforcement — a clear steer that the responsibility to keep children safe lies with tech companies.
But more must be done to deliver on the Online Safety Act’s promises 🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/uk-governmen...
But more must be done to deliver on the Online Safety Act’s promises 🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/uk-governmen...
May 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📢 The UK Gov confirmed safety by design as a strategic priority for #OnlineSafetyAct enforcement — a clear steer that the responsibility to keep children safe lies with tech companies.
But more must be done to deliver on the Online Safety Act’s promises 🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/uk-governmen...
But more must be done to deliver on the Online Safety Act’s promises 🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/uk-governmen...
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Great to see this commitment from the UK government 🇬🇧
Earlier this month we joined 20+ orgs urging the PM not to weaken the Online Safety Act in US trade talks.
Now, the govt must fully back Ofcom to robustly enforce these crucial protections for children🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
Earlier this month we joined 20+ orgs urging the PM not to weaken the Online Safety Act in US trade talks.
Now, the govt must fully back Ofcom to robustly enforce these crucial protections for children🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
April 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Great to see this commitment from the UK government 🇬🇧
Earlier this month we joined 20+ orgs urging the PM not to weaken the Online Safety Act in US trade talks.
Now, the govt must fully back Ofcom to robustly enforce these crucial protections for children🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
Earlier this month we joined 20+ orgs urging the PM not to weaken the Online Safety Act in US trade talks.
Now, the govt must fully back Ofcom to robustly enforce these crucial protections for children🔗 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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⚠️ AI innovation must benefit children, not exploit them.
Today, we are launching our Children & AI Design Code. With this code, we can put children’s safety, rights, and well-being at the core of AI system design.
📚 Read the full Code: 5rightsfoundation.com/children-and...
Today, we are launching our Children & AI Design Code. With this code, we can put children’s safety, rights, and well-being at the core of AI system design.
📚 Read the full Code: 5rightsfoundation.com/children-and...
March 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
⚠️ AI innovation must benefit children, not exploit them.
Today, we are launching our Children & AI Design Code. With this code, we can put children’s safety, rights, and well-being at the core of AI system design.
📚 Read the full Code: 5rightsfoundation.com/children-and...
Today, we are launching our Children & AI Design Code. With this code, we can put children’s safety, rights, and well-being at the core of AI system design.
📚 Read the full Code: 5rightsfoundation.com/children-and...
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📉Ofcom's codes must be strengthened to prevent this world-leading regulation from failing to meet children's needs.
Today, MPs echoed 5Rights and civil society organisations call for stronger codes to embed robust protections for children.
📚: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
Today, MPs echoed 5Rights and civil society organisations call for stronger codes to embed robust protections for children.
📚: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
Joint Briefing: Implementation of the Online Safety Act
5Rights coordinates civil society members in asking MPs to call on the Government and Ofcom to provide robust protections for children in the upcoming codes.
5rightsfoundation.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
📉Ofcom's codes must be strengthened to prevent this world-leading regulation from failing to meet children's needs.
Today, MPs echoed 5Rights and civil society organisations call for stronger codes to embed robust protections for children.
📚: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
Today, MPs echoed 5Rights and civil society organisations call for stronger codes to embed robust protections for children.
📚: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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🚨ICO is investigating TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur for suspected breaches of the UK Age Appropriate Design Code.
A positive step, but with data-intensive AI and high-risk processing now the norm, children need stronger protections.
📚Our response: 5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-reddi...
A positive step, but with data-intensive AI and high-risk processing now the norm, children need stronger protections.
📚Our response: 5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-reddi...
March 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🚨ICO is investigating TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur for suspected breaches of the UK Age Appropriate Design Code.
A positive step, but with data-intensive AI and high-risk processing now the norm, children need stronger protections.
📚Our response: 5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-reddi...
A positive step, but with data-intensive AI and high-risk processing now the norm, children need stronger protections.
📚Our response: 5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-reddi...
We welcome investigations into TikTok, Imgur and Reddit by the ICO under the UK's #AgeAppropriateDesignCode.
However, children's data must be protected from data-intensive AI systems and services must adopt age-appropriate design to keep children safe.
Read: 5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-reddi...
However, children's data must be protected from data-intensive AI systems and services must adopt age-appropriate design to keep children safe.
Read: 5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-reddi...
TikTok, Reddit and Imgur investigated for UK Age Appropriate Design Code breach
The UK’s data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office, has launched investigations under the Age Appropriate Design Code– marking a positive step forward for children’s data protection, but m...
5rightsfoundation.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We welcome investigations into TikTok, Imgur and Reddit by the ICO under the UK's #AgeAppropriateDesignCode.
However, children's data must be protected from data-intensive AI systems and services must adopt age-appropriate design to keep children safe.
Read: 5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-reddi...
However, children's data must be protected from data-intensive AI systems and services must adopt age-appropriate design to keep children safe.
Read: 5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-reddi...
Significant win last night as the House of Lords agrees a Gov. and Baroness Kidron amendment which will require services to design their services with children's rights and needs in mind, in line with the #AgeAppropriateDesignCode
5rightsfoundation.com/childrens-pr...
5rightsfoundation.com/childrens-pr...
Children’s privacy and protection emboldened in UK
In a major win for 5Rights, the UK Government has introduced a legal requirement for online services to consider children’s rights and needs when processing their data, by design and default.
5rightsfoundation.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Significant win last night as the House of Lords agrees a Gov. and Baroness Kidron amendment which will require services to design their services with children's rights and needs in mind, in line with the #AgeAppropriateDesignCode
5rightsfoundation.com/childrens-pr...
5rightsfoundation.com/childrens-pr...
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🚸To build a sustainable data-protected future, we need children at the table — Leanda Barrington-Leach
2️⃣weeks ago, our Executive Director discussed the systemic misuse of children's data in tech at #WEF.
Rewatch @projectliberty.bsky.social & Human Change's panel 📺
vimeo.com/showcase/115...
2️⃣weeks ago, our Executive Director discussed the systemic misuse of children's data in tech at #WEF.
Rewatch @projectliberty.bsky.social & Human Change's panel 📺
vimeo.com/showcase/115...
February 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚸To build a sustainable data-protected future, we need children at the table — Leanda Barrington-Leach
2️⃣weeks ago, our Executive Director discussed the systemic misuse of children's data in tech at #WEF.
Rewatch @projectliberty.bsky.social & Human Change's panel 📺
vimeo.com/showcase/115...
2️⃣weeks ago, our Executive Director discussed the systemic misuse of children's data in tech at #WEF.
Rewatch @projectliberty.bsky.social & Human Change's panel 📺
vimeo.com/showcase/115...
Gov. minister Feryal Clark states at this morning's DL Committee that categorisation thresholds for the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct will fail to capture small but risky services, emphasising they will have to comply with relevant illegal and children's safety duties.
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
Third Delegated Legislation Committee
parliamentlive.tv
February 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Gov. minister Feryal Clark states at this morning's DL Committee that categorisation thresholds for the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct will fail to capture small but risky services, emphasising they will have to comply with relevant illegal and children's safety duties.
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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🚨Home Sec. @YvetteCooperMP announces four new laws targeting AI-generated child sexual abuse material. A major step towards protecting children online.
Following 5Rights' call for action, the milestone affirms that AI must uphold our laws, values and our children’s safety.
Following 5Rights' call for action, the milestone affirms that AI must uphold our laws, values and our children’s safety.
February 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🚨Home Sec. @YvetteCooperMP announces four new laws targeting AI-generated child sexual abuse material. A major step towards protecting children online.
Following 5Rights' call for action, the milestone affirms that AI must uphold our laws, values and our children’s safety.
Following 5Rights' call for action, the milestone affirms that AI must uphold our laws, values and our children’s safety.
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Reform needed to criminalise AI models used to generate CSAM. As explained by Baroness Kidron, they “allow paedophiles to generate bespoke CSAM scenarios of unimaginable depravity”. Pleased to add my comment on how urgent this is @politicshome.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Crime And Policing Bill Expected To Criminalise AI Models Used To Make Child Sexual Abuse Images
A new offence to prosecute tech firms which enable the creation of AI-generated child sexual abuse is expected to be included in the government’s C...
www.politicshome.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Reform needed to criminalise AI models used to generate CSAM. As explained by Baroness Kidron, they “allow paedophiles to generate bespoke CSAM scenarios of unimaginable depravity”. Pleased to add my comment on how urgent this is @politicshome.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
An extraordinary and deeply concerning first glimpse at tech policy under a Trump/Musk ticket.
The rolling back of systems designed to manage harms like misinformation present a distinct challenge and reflects yet again the need for robust regulatory action.
www.foxnews.com/politics/met...
The rolling back of systems designed to manage harms like misinformation present a distinct challenge and reflects yet again the need for robust regulatory action.
www.foxnews.com/politics/met...
Meta ends fact-checking program as Zuckerberg vows to restore free expression on Facebook, Instagram
FIRST ON FOX: Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to “restore free expression" across Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms, admitting its current content mode...
www.foxnews.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
An extraordinary and deeply concerning first glimpse at tech policy under a Trump/Musk ticket.
The rolling back of systems designed to manage harms like misinformation present a distinct challenge and reflects yet again the need for robust regulatory action.
www.foxnews.com/politics/met...
The rolling back of systems designed to manage harms like misinformation present a distinct challenge and reflects yet again the need for robust regulatory action.
www.foxnews.com/politics/met...
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TW: eating disorders & self-harm
🚨YouTube is sending teenage girls down a rabbit hole of eating disorder content.
Young girls should NOT be recommended videos for an “Anorexia Boot Camp” diet. YouTube must fix its algorithm.
Read more in our new report 👇
https://buff.ly/3BrnhH6
🚨YouTube is sending teenage girls down a rabbit hole of eating disorder content.
Young girls should NOT be recommended videos for an “Anorexia Boot Camp” diet. YouTube must fix its algorithm.
Read more in our new report 👇
https://buff.ly/3BrnhH6
YouTube's Anorexia Algorithm — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH
YouTube's algorithm is pushing harmful eating disorder & self-harm content to teens, a study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate finds.
buff.ly
December 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
TW: eating disorders & self-harm
🚨YouTube is sending teenage girls down a rabbit hole of eating disorder content.
Young girls should NOT be recommended videos for an “Anorexia Boot Camp” diet. YouTube must fix its algorithm.
Read more in our new report 👇
https://buff.ly/3BrnhH6
🚨YouTube is sending teenage girls down a rabbit hole of eating disorder content.
Young girls should NOT be recommended videos for an “Anorexia Boot Camp” diet. YouTube must fix its algorithm.
Read more in our new report 👇
https://buff.ly/3BrnhH6
Our initial read of Ofcom's Illegal Harms Code is that gaps in Ofcom's approach remain.
We'll be studying the full detail over the coming weeks, but share the disappointment of many civil society groups at the lack of ambition with this Code.
See below: 5rightsfoundation.com/holes-not-fi...
We'll be studying the full detail over the coming weeks, but share the disappointment of many civil society groups at the lack of ambition with this Code.
See below: 5rightsfoundation.com/holes-not-fi...
Holes not fixed: UK regulator publishes final proposals for tackling illegal harm online
UK regulators must address gaps in digital regulations to protect children from online harm, ensuring coordinated action on EdTech and AI.
5rightsfoundation.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Our initial read of Ofcom's Illegal Harms Code is that gaps in Ofcom's approach remain.
We'll be studying the full detail over the coming weeks, but share the disappointment of many civil society groups at the lack of ambition with this Code.
See below: 5rightsfoundation.com/holes-not-fi...
We'll be studying the full detail over the coming weeks, but share the disappointment of many civil society groups at the lack of ambition with this Code.
See below: 5rightsfoundation.com/holes-not-fi...
Great headline hahahahaha
Hackers find hole in Krispy Kreme Doughnuts' cyber-security. As many others have said - going after our donuts is a step too far. IMPOSE COSTS NOW! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hackers find hole in Krispy Kreme Doughnuts' cyber-security
The hack has left some hungry customers unable to make online orders.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Great headline hahahahaha
This week, the House of Lords is set to debate proposals to change Art 22 of UK GDPR
5Rights has signed a joint letter alongside civil society orgs/academics calling on the Government to re-examine changes to automated decision-making as part of the Bill
Read: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
5Rights has signed a joint letter alongside civil society orgs/academics calling on the Government to re-examine changes to automated decision-making as part of the Bill
Read: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
Joint letter: Re-examine Data (Use and Access) AI clauses
This briefing for the House of Lords’ second reading of the Data Bill highlights 5Rights’ concerns over weakened child data protection provisions.
5rightsfoundation.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:44 PM
This week, the House of Lords is set to debate proposals to change Art 22 of UK GDPR
5Rights has signed a joint letter alongside civil society orgs/academics calling on the Government to re-examine changes to automated decision-making as part of the Bill
Read: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
5Rights has signed a joint letter alongside civil society orgs/academics calling on the Government to re-examine changes to automated decision-making as part of the Bill
Read: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
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🚨NEW: YouTube is sending young girls down a dangerous rabbit hole by recommending eating disorder & self-harm content.
We tested the experience of a 13-year-old girl on YouTube a hundred times – and the results were disturbing 🧵
TW: eating disorders & self-harm
www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube...
We tested the experience of a 13-year-old girl on YouTube a hundred times – and the results were disturbing 🧵
TW: eating disorders & self-harm
www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube...
YouTube algorithms consistently push eating disorder and self-harm content to teen girls, new study finds
Study released by the Center for Countering Digital Hate confirms YouTube algorithms consistently push eating disorder and self-harm content to teen girls.
www.cbsnews.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:09 PM
🚨NEW: YouTube is sending young girls down a dangerous rabbit hole by recommending eating disorder & self-harm content.
We tested the experience of a 13-year-old girl on YouTube a hundred times – and the results were disturbing 🧵
TW: eating disorders & self-harm
www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube...
We tested the experience of a 13-year-old girl on YouTube a hundred times – and the results were disturbing 🧵
TW: eating disorders & self-harm
www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube...
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#DigitalFutures4Children WINTER MEET UP
📍 Tuesday 10th | 17:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Topic: How do we engage children as researchers and child rights advocates?
Lse.zoom.us/j/86953652773
No registration needed. @5RightsFound @MediaLSE
📍 Tuesday 10th | 17:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Topic: How do we engage children as researchers and child rights advocates?
Lse.zoom.us/j/86953652773
No registration needed. @5RightsFound @MediaLSE
December 9, 2024 at 5:40 PM
#DigitalFutures4Children WINTER MEET UP
📍 Tuesday 10th | 17:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Topic: How do we engage children as researchers and child rights advocates?
Lse.zoom.us/j/86953652773
No registration needed. @5RightsFound @MediaLSE
📍 Tuesday 10th | 17:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Topic: How do we engage children as researchers and child rights advocates?
Lse.zoom.us/j/86953652773
No registration needed. @5RightsFound @MediaLSE
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🌍🤖Ahead of #AIActionSummit at #AIAthens2024
@carmeartigas.bsky.social highlights @UN
Governing #AI for Humanity report.
👶We welcome it has #childrensrights at the center, with strong privacy, child impact assessments and age-appropriate design to ensure AI systems are safe and empowering.
@carmeartigas.bsky.social highlights @UN
Governing #AI for Humanity report.
👶We welcome it has #childrensrights at the center, with strong privacy, child impact assessments and age-appropriate design to ensure AI systems are safe and empowering.
December 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM
🌍🤖Ahead of #AIActionSummit at #AIAthens2024
@carmeartigas.bsky.social highlights @UN
Governing #AI for Humanity report.
👶We welcome it has #childrensrights at the center, with strong privacy, child impact assessments and age-appropriate design to ensure AI systems are safe and empowering.
@carmeartigas.bsky.social highlights @UN
Governing #AI for Humanity report.
👶We welcome it has #childrensrights at the center, with strong privacy, child impact assessments and age-appropriate design to ensure AI systems are safe and empowering.
More needs to be done to protect musicians - who's talent and passion for their craft keep the world turning even in the darkest of times
Music sector workers to lose nearly a quarter of income to AI in next four years, global study finds
Music sector workers to lose nearly a quarter of income to AI in next four years, global study finds
AI boom will enrich giant tech companies but creators’ rights and income will be drastically reduced unless policymakers intervene, report warns
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www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:48 AM
More needs to be done to protect musicians - who's talent and passion for their craft keep the world turning even in the darkest of times
Back in the UK and back at my desk with newly acquired Harvard hoodie 😍
December 2, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Back in the UK and back at my desk with newly acquired Harvard hoodie 😍
Last day in Boston! Here's a massive Boston cream donut
December 1, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Last day in Boston! Here's a massive Boston cream donut
A couple photos from a walk around/tour of Boston Harbour!
November 26, 2024 at 1:28 AM
A couple photos from a walk around/tour of Boston Harbour!