World Children’s Day: digital futures for children – children’s rights under pressure in the digital environment

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  Welcome to the LSE Events podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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  Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.

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  So welcome and good evening to everyone here and those watching online.

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  I'm Sonny Livingstone from the Department of Media and Communications here at LSE and I'm really delighted to welcome you to this evening's hybrid event.

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  called Children's Rights Under Pressure in the Digital Environment.

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  So the International Child Rights Framework was brought into the digital age in 2021, very recently,

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  when the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted its landmark General Comment 25.

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  Keep that phrase in mind, you're going to hear it a lot.

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  General Comment 25 sets out how children's rights relate to the digital environment.

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  Since its adoption, the General Comment has provided vital guidance to governments,

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  civil society and industry around the world on how to uphold the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in the digital environment.

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  If you like, it's 10,000 words long.

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  It tries to answer the pressing questions.

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  What does good look like?

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  What's going wrong?

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  What's needed?

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  Who should take which actions?

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  Today is World Children's Day and it's 36 years

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  since the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child and we're going to ask the so-what question.

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  Why does this general comment matter?

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