Description
The book is about how children are being affected by technology and how they are not being given the same rights as adults. The authors argue that children should be given more rights in the digital age and that their identities should be free from being tracked. They also suggest ways to protect children from the digital erosion of their childhood.
Children carry the weight of other people's expectations on their shoulders, and in the technological age that represents a bigger burden than it ever has before. This book is a manifesto for a different digital future for children in which their rights are respected and their identities are free. The authors explore new ways of understanding children's risk, schooling, biometrics, privacy issues, and technology innovation. Aimed at anyone who has sensed the cultural shift in childhood currently taking place, this book helps readers think more deeply about what it means to be a child in the digital world today.