Children and young people’s voices

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) recognises children’s right to be heard on matters that affect them. This means that the institutions and organisations whose decisions shape children and young people’s lives should make the effort to consult them and to take their views into account. To respect this right, and to inform our work throughout, the Digital Futures Commission (DFC) will conduct regular consultations with children and young people during its three years. Before undertaking a new consultation, we decided first to listen carefully to the views that children and young people have already expressed in reports recently published by children’s organisations. Hence this report asks: what do children and young people value about the digital world and what changes do they call for?