Executive Director @5RightsFound, advocating for a digital world that caters for children, by design and default.
Brussels, Belgium
Joined May 2013
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L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
🟢 Now live: “Securing Child Safety in the Age of the Algorithms” at #IGF2025 -- featuring our Executive Director Leanda Barrington-Leach and voices from government and tech.
🎥 youtube.com/live/y_CoougU7dQ…
#AI #Children #RightsByDesign
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L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
Today marks a pivotal milestone at 5Rights: we are delighted to welcome Sir Peter Wanless as our new Chair, as Baroness Beeban Kidron becomes our Honorary President.
Together, we continue our mission to build the digital world children deserve.
💻 5rightsfoundation.com/sir-pe…
ALT A graphic from the 5Rights Foundation features a quote from Sir Peter Wanless, the new Chair of the organisation. The quote praises the leadership of Baroness Kidron and expresses his commitment to continuing her legacy in advancing children’s rights online. The background is a pale green, and the text is in blue. At the bottom right is a black-and-white photo of Sir Peter Wanless in a suit and tie. The 5Rights Foundation logo and his title appear below the quote, with a photo credit to NSPCC.
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
🚸 As AI reshapes childhood, it must respect children’s rights, by design and default.
Join @LeandaBL at #IGF2025 High-level Session: “Securing Child Safety in the Age of Algorithms”
🗓️ Thu 26 June, 09:30-11:00 CEST
📍@intgovforum and online
Register✍️ intgovforum.zoom.us/webinar/…
Don't miss this! Happening today - and a surprise extra guest to be announced shortly ;)
🚸Let's make sure the rise of AI is a gift for children, not a curse.
Join our virtual launch of our Children & AI Design Code! With leading voices in digital governance alongside experts behind the Code.
🗓️29/04
🕓16:00-17:15 (BST)
🖋️ events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
Join us 29 April 5pm CET to talk AI and children with leaders from @UN @coe @_AfricanUnion as well as @MediaLSE and @IEEEorg experts
🤖We owe it to children to show the forethought to make AI safe and empowering - that's why we need to bring the Children & AI Design Code to life.
Join @gioasempre, for our Virtual Launch of The Children & AI Design Code.
💻Register:
events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
Join us 29 April 5pm CET to talk AI and children with leaders from @UN @coe @_AfricanUnion as well as @MediaLSE and @IEEEorg experts
🤖We owe it to children to show the forethought to make AI safe and empowering - that's why we need to bring the Children & AI Design Code to life.
Join @gioasempre, for our Virtual Launch of The Children & AI Design Code.
💻Register:
events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
🚸Tech companies are blocking their own Trust & Safety (T&S) teams from protecting children against harm. @LeandaBL on @LBC's Online Safety Day with @ShelaghFogarty.
More in our report on how T&S teams can advance digital safety & accountability:
5rightsfoundation.com/resour…
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
Thanks @EPPGroup for inviting us today to discuss how we can protect and empower children online, alongside @EU_Justice, @videogames_EU and @DOTEurope
We have a chance to turn the EU into the safest and most empowering place in the world to be a child online - we can't miss it!
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
We can't allow tech companies to exploit children's lives and data. The EU can stop this by fully implementing existing regulation, fill regulatory gaps and incentivise compliance through innovation.
Thanks @EPPGroup for inviting @LeandaBL to speak on protecting minors online.
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
💻Tech companies put children in danger, by fighting against basic product safety.
We agree with @PabloAriasE: the EU shouldn't give companies free rein on matters that affect our lives.
Thanks @EPPGroup for inviting @LeandaBL to speak on protecting minors online.
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
🤔Do you want to ban phones in schools?
In our latest ep. of #TechThisOut! Professor @Livingstone_S, @MediaLSE & #DFC, and 5Rights Youth Ambassador Jessica talk about the balance of children's online safety & digital literacy.
Listen⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/5AR…
.@PrivacyAssembly with our Trustee and Children's Code pioneer @LizDenham1. This morning reminded regulators that digital literacy cannot deliver if terms are not fair and services unsafe for children by design. Time to step up and hold tech accountable for due diligence!
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
🌐Latest research from @HindenburgRes further shows that tech companies are failing to keep children safe online.
Existing provisions and the implementation of the #OnlineSafetyAct must be strengthened to protect children by design and default.
Ofcom urged to act after US firm claims Roblox is ‘paedophile hellscape’ dlvr.it/TFM52C
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
🚨New Episode Alert🚨
Ep.3 of #TechThisOut is live!🎧
Join Chair and Founder Baroness Kidron and our Youth Ambassador Matheo as they discuss the tech design techniques undermining our autonomy and that of children.
🔗 Listen now: fiverights.podbean.com
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
.@Zamaan_Qureshi on the #KOSA changes made ahead of Wednesday's markup, which reflect a weakened duty of care:
“We want to see some of those definitions changed before the bill reaches the House floor to make sure that we’re protecting all young people.” rollcall.com/2024/09/24/teen…
We must embed safety by design and default to allow for positive innovation, says @5RightsFound Chair Baroness Kidron. EU with DSA is trying to get this right, says Human Rights rep @OlofBSkoog. We must have enforced regulation, adds @UN_EndViolence
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
Prince Harry @ClintonGlobal makes emotional appeal for the digital world children deserve and safety by design. Enough exploitation. Platforms must be held accountable and our kids must be safe.
L. Barrington-Leach retweeted
“Kids will be kids” but should they be targeted by harmful social media design?
Prince Harry from #ArchewellFoundation at #CGI2024 @ClintonFdn speaks on holding platforms accountable and creating a digital world that is #SafeByDesign.
Watch his powerful speech 📺