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In a new perspective article published in Frontiers, DTH-Lab’s Regional Youth Champions & Executive Director explore three challenges: visibility without influence, consultation without accountability and global rhetoric with local exclusion. Read the article: https://tr.ee/ZpNZWb

Digital harms to young people are a population health problem. So what role does digital citizenship education (DCE) play in addressing that challenge. That's the question that a new publication by a DTH-Lab sets out to answer. #HeinThu 📖 Read : https://loom.ly/aiQkTxg

🇦🇺 The Lancet Series on the Digital Determinants of Health | Regional launch in Australia / 🔗 Register now : https://lnkd.in/gpmxc9_u / 📖 Read the Series: https://tr.ee/o9Elgs

@jayshaw29.bsky.social on @thelancet.com Series on digital determinants of health: impact on health comes down to business models, design decisions & weak governance not simply individual screen time 📖 https://tr.ee/o9Elgs

new article at @santepubliquefrance.fr - La Santé en action - Grandir avec les écrans - (Protecting children in the digital world taking a #publichealth approach) by Louise Holly on different approaches to mitigating negative impacts & creating healthy digital environments. https://loom.ly/cFe0LBE

Ben Abbott, Executive Editor, The Lancet introduces The Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health and explains why we need to look beyond individual screen time to examine how digital systems shape health. DTH-Lab is delighted to have coordinated this landmark Series for The Lancet.

In the newly published Health: A Political Choice, Promoting a Healthy Future issue by Global Governance Media, DTH-Lab Director Ilona Kickbusch reflects on the enduring relevance of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and what it means for health promotion today. Read : https://tr.ee/BUHz03

“This isn’t just a health issue, it is a human survival issue.” Those were the concluding words of Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of @thelancet.com at the launch of The Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health. Read: https://tr.ee/o9Elgs Watch: https://loom.ly/IOukuWg

Starting now! Join The Lancet and DTH-Lab for Unsafe by design? - launching the new Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health. 📺 Watch live on YouTube: https://loom.ly/24MM0wg

🌏Less than 5 days to go! Join @thelancet.com & DTH-Lab on 5 October for Unsafe by design? launching the new Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health. 📅 5 October 2026 | 13:00–14:30 BST / 14:00–15:30 CEST / Register now: scan qr / https://tr.ee/iY3uhd

What does public health action look like? Meet the panellists for the Unsafe by design? webinar co-hosted by @thelancet.com and DTH-Lab on Oct 5. Register now: https://tr.ee/iY3uhd

🎨 What can 41 artworks tell us about growing up in a digital world? In a new blog, Ananya Choyal gallery curator - reflects on what these 41 artworks can tell us about digital well-being, and what they ask of research and policy. Read the blog: https://tr.ee/yPbR10

🚸 Litigation can force disclosure and impose real costs, but it cannot replace proactive regulation. Read DTH-Lab's article published on @healthpromint.bsky.social on #Meta’s recent settlement on addictive social media design: https://tr.ee/1edNvh

What we eat and where we live have long been understood as determinants of health. But what we scroll, what algorithms feed us, and how platforms are designed are determinants of health too. Join us and @dthlab.bsky.social for the launch of a new Lancet Series ➡️ spkl.io/633247rMJu

🌱 Identity, privacy and belonging are increasingly shaped in digital spaces. Identity, Privacy and Belonging - one of the themes in the Being Online gallery, explore these experiences. Visit gallery now: www.dthlab.org/being-online-gallery

🤖Digital determinants of health – want to hear from Series authors why it matters? Join Series authors representing 13 global experts. Register now for - Unsafe by design- webinar– co-hosted by DTH-Lab & @thelancet.com . Register: https://tr.ee/iY3uhd

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At #WCPH2026, DTH-Lab launched "Preventing digital harms among young people." Our 30-country review reveals online safety policies lack upstream prevention & harm reduction. A public health approach can connect sectors, addressing digital environments & individual needs. 🔗 https://tr.ee/t3VM0h

📱What we scroll determines our health too. Join DTH-Lab & @thelancet.com on Oct 5 (13:00 BST) to explore the new Lancet Series on digital determinants of health. Sign up: https://tr.ee/iY3uhd

🌏Protecting youth mental health in a digital world 📘 Read the policy brief and learn how governments, industry and communities can act together to protect life online and offline: https://bit.ly/3FnIV0I

🫶Young people’s well-being and identities are increasingly shaped in digital spaces. Explore this theme and discover the full Being Online gallery: www.dthlab.org/being-online-gallery

📢 Our second keynote speaker of the #YLSConf26 is Louise Holly! As Research & Policy Coordinator @dthlab.bsky.social, she'll be sharing insights from the latest research into the digital determinants of young people’s mental health and wellbeing. More info & book tickets 🎫 https://bit.ly/4wUb0l5

Dr Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat natashaazzmus.bsky.social, Director Health Systems @whoeurope.bsky.social reflects on why listening to young people matters at Being Online launch. 🎥: https://youtu.be/DmrTY-32US4 / 🎨 Visit gallery: ww.dthlab.org/being-online-gallery

🌏We have launched Being Online – a digital gallery that brings together 41 selected artworks created by children and young people from around the world. Explore the gallery now: www.dthlab.org/being-online-gallery

Today, on International Youth Day, we are happy to launch Being Online Digital Gallery! Explore the gallery and discover what young people's creative expressions can teach us about creating healthier, safer and more equitable digital environments Link: www.dthlab.org/being-online-gallery

🤖 As the EU AI Act introduces new transparency rules, one question remains: Are we building AI systems that young people can trust - or building them without their voices? Our pub explores how youth-centred AI governance can better protect and empower younger generations. 📖 https://tr.ee/GDGaWt

🖥️Not just screens. Real lives. Real emotions. Being Online Digital Gallery Launch 🗓️ 12 August 2026 | 12:00 CET 🔗Register Now: https://tr.ee/KhxZ0d or scan QR code

In a new article published in @healthpromint.bsky.social Kanika Agarwal and @louiseholly.bsky.social explore how digital technologies are influencing our food choices, food systems and access to nutrition information. Read: https://tr.ee/exjdgi

🚸As governments worldwide debate social media bans to protect children online, should greater attention be paid to the digital footprints created for them by adults? Read editorial in @healthpromint.bsky.social: https://tr.ee/rqpqF7 on #Sharenting

💻 Have you registered yet? Join us on 12 Aug for the launch of Being Online: Visual Expressions of Youth Experiences of Digital Well-Being, a digital gallery curated in collab with Global Mental Health Action Network. 🗓️ 12 Aug | 12:00 CET 🔗 Register now: https://tr.ee/KhxZ0d or scan QR code

🌐Online experiences don't end when the screen turns off. Discover 8 actions govt can take to protect & promote mental health: https://tr.ee/Oa2xzz

📘 What does it take to build digitally enabled health systems that truly respond to the needs of young people? 📖 Learn more about the framework -Digitally enabled health systems that address the needs of young people: A framework for health leaders: https://tr.ee/RweKoI

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📕Shaping AI governance for young people: Perspectives on health, policy and regulation brings together four papers by young researchers examining how AI governance can better protect young people's health, rights and well-being. Read- https://tr.ee/GDGaWt

🚸 French President Emmanuel Macron and @who.int DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus call for stronger action to create healthier digital environments for children. We welcome the focus on safe-by-design platforms and young people's voices. https://loom.ly/400pyY8

📻 New podcast | Children are bypassing the Australian social media ban 📺 Watch on YouTube: https://tr.ee/Gmhdil 🎧 Listen to the podcast: https://tr.ee/3bmXO4

🚸Early data from Australia indicate that social media companies can’t be relied on to protect children. Louise Holly argues that age restrictions alone won’t make online spaces safer. Policymakers must focus on platform accountability, safer design and enforcement. 🔗 Read: https://tr.ee/obSrXv

📘A New Framework for Digitally Enabled Health Systems that Address the Needs of Young People Launched - 📖 Read the full framework / summary: https://tr.ee/RweKoI

🇪🇸 At #DPHC2026 in Barcelona? Join DTH-Lab’s workshop + panel session on youth priorities in digitally enabled health systems. 🗓️ 25 Jun 2026 🕚 11:00–12:30 CEST 📍 Barcelona. More: https://tr.ee/AYMx0I

🌐Yesterday in France, #G7 leaders, with Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya & the Republic of Korea, issued a critical call to provide #saferdigital spaces for minors. We welcome this clear message - read full commentary by Louise Holly: https://tr.ee/knx79D

📘 Coming Soon: A New Framework for Digitally Enabled Health Systems that Address the Needs of Young People 📅 22–24 June 2026 📍 WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland / Online I 🔗 Register to join the event: https://tr.ee/IOzjNE ☑️Stay updated join mailing list: https://loom.ly/ZBweNYs

🌍 Welcome to the 2026–2027 DTH-Lab Research Fellows. Selected from over 2,250 applications worldwide, they represent a diverse group of emerging researchers and professionals committed to advancing knowledge at the intersection of digital transformation, health and meaningful youth engagement.

🇫🇷 As #G7 leaders gathered at the Évian-les-Bains Summit in France next week, #IlonaKickbusch Founder and Director of DTH-Lab highlighted the urgent need for action on children’s safety in digital environments. Read here: https://tr.ee/e1KLT0

Erza Selmani’s new paper AI oversight and youth well-being: comparing self, state and hybrid approaches draws on a comparative analysis of different models of AI governance published in a collection by DTH-Lab. Read it here: https://tr.ee/GDGaWt

Shajoe J. Lake’s new paper AI governance for youth health and well-being: closing policy gaps and building inclusive frameworks published as a collection by DTH-Lab. Read it here: https://tr.ee/GDGaWt

Rebecca Raeside shares findings from a new paper: Safeguarding adolescent health and well-being in the AI era: integrating risks, vulnerabilities and governance gaps to inform solutions published in a collection by DTH-Lab. Read it here: https://tr.ee/GDGaWt

B. Courtney Doagoo’s new paper Mind the gap: child-centred ethics in AI healthcare governance explores the gap between ethical commitments and enforceable governance in AI-enabled healthcare, focusing on the unique risks faced by children and young people. Read : tr.ee/GDGaWt @oecd-ocde.bsky.social

🌐Shaping AI governance 4 young people: Perspectives on health, policy & regulation launched today at the Ministry of Health of Spain and @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Conference on the Responsible Scale of AI in Healthcare in Madrid. 🔗Read it here: https://tr.ee/GDGaWt

📊 DTH-Lab 2025 in numbers Behind these numbers is a growing movement to ensure digital transformations in health are equitable, inclusive and grounded in young people’s realities. Read more in the Annual Report 2025: https://tr.ee/Av4bNM

⏱️ Save the Date! At GIDH's Global Convening 22-24 June, we will launch Digitally enabled health systems that address the needs of young people: A framework for health leaders involved in the development & implementation of national digital health strategies 🔗 Register here: https://tr.ee/IOzjNE