The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for urgent action to protect children online, making it a priority for governments and technology companies. The call comes amid increased global efforts to improve accountability and oversight of social media platforms, including age-based bans and stricter regulations. The UN human rights office released guidelines to improve children’s safety online and protect their rights through stronger regulation. The measures include safeguards around age verification, mandatory child rights impact assessments, and involving children in shaping regulatory responses. The guidance emphasizes safer-by-design platforms, protected data, accountability for harm, and avoiding unintended harms from poorly implemented age verification. It also warns that focusing only on user age can leave unsafe design and algorithmic practices unchanged.
"Whatever regulations are adopted, it is essential to avoid inadvertently causing further harms. For example, age verification done wrong can both fail at its goal and endanger the privacy of both kids and adults, he added. Turk added that regulations focused only on the age of users risk leaving unchanged the design choices and algorithmic practices that make platforms unsafe in the first place."
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