International Children's Declaration for the Digital Age

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Doctors, Lawyers, and Scientists Join Together in International Children's Declaration for the Digital Age

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NEWS PROVIDED BY Americans for Responsible Technology - 01 Nov, 2023, 09:30 ET

PRESS RELEASE: NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --

An international group of leading lawyers, physicians, physicists, epidemiologists and other children's health experts have today announced their support for a new International Declaration intended to raise public awareness of three fundamental rights of children which are not adequately being protected: the right to be free from addictive platforms and apps; the right to be free from hazardous radiation from wireless devices; and the right to be free from commercial exploitation of private information.

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PETITION: The International Declaration on the Human Rights of Children in the Digital Age

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The dramatic transformation of our world into one increasingly enmeshed with digital technology is having a significant, and often negative, impact on the lives of our children.

In this International Declaration, we posit three fundamental legal rights of children regarding the deployment and use of technology: their right to be free from intentionally addictive devices, platforms and apps; their right to be free from excessive exposure to wireless radiation; and their right to be free from commercial exploitation.

​The existence of the legal rights of children is well recognized, but not adequately or uniformly enforced, especially when those rights conflict with powerful commercial interests. We invite you to join us in this effort to raise awareness of these fundamental rights, and to encourage governments and agencies around the world to recognize these rights and take protective action.

Thank you for supporting the International Declaration on the Rights of Children in the Digital Age, a joint project of two non-profit organizations – Broadband International Legal Action Network and Americans for Responsible Technology – and an international team of medical, legal and mental health experts whose contributions are gratefully acknowledged.

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