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As you read this article, data on millions of children are being gathered and curated by countless people and organisations. Photos and videos collected by families are shared on social and communication platforms. Performance scores from apps, e-books and games are stored by private companies. Test scores collected on educational platforms are owned by schools, libraries, and governments. Health records may be gathered even before children are born. And most of the time, children have little control over this, or even any information about who collects their data, for what purpose and how long the data are stored.

Algorithms and automation

With all this data collection, much of it automated, children’s agency – their freedom to make well-founded, thoughtful choices – may be under threat. We have relinquished control and choices to technologies. More personal information than ever before is being collected, and the algorithms that process these data are so sophisticated that products can be personalised for each individual. This threatens everyone’s agency, but young children are at particular risk.  

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