![]() "Often safety manifests as programmed design limitations and systematic restrictions on children's freedom of expression. Sara Grimes Digital Playground book has a chapter on this topic. With digital spaces becoming increasingly important, the UN has recently stated that the Rights of the Child apply to the digital environment. While it's important to ensure our children are safe, the rush to lock down communication can limit the freedom they would have had to express themselves and make sense of the world with their peers. Worrying headlines about these conversations going wrong or being co-opted by adults means we rush to limit them. ![]() In fact, even if they do know online friends, it can still feel a bit worrying what might be said. Children talking to people they don't know in a video game rings alarm bells.
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