Lucia Magis-Weinberg’s talk (link) started with what we know about the impacts of digital technology on adolescents, with particular focus on her lab’s research in Latin America.
In addition to measurement, her lab designs interventions in the form of digital citizenship curricula that promote healthy digital habits in early adolescence.
She spoke about risks and concerns specific to AI, emphasising that the responsibility to build safe products for children lies with tech companies and developers (not with children/parents/educators), and highlighted the following resources:
- UNICEF’s Policy guidelines on AI for children
- Digital Futures Commission’s Child Rights by Design Principles
- Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force’s Recommendations and Best Practices for Safe Internet Use (published yesterday)