IEEE 2089-2021 — IEEE Standard for an Age Appropriate Digital Services Framework Based on the 5Rights Principles for Children
IEEE SA standard establishing processes by which organizations make digital products and services age appropriate, built on the 5Rights Foundation principles and grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It guides organizations through the development, delivery and distribution lifecycle to identify child-specific risks and embed age-appropriate safeguards. It is the reference design standard behind age-appropriate-design regulation (e.g. the UK Children's Code) and directly applicable to conversational AI services children can access.
Publisher
IEEE
Published
30 Nov 2021
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Key Findings
- Establishes lifecycle processes (design, development, delivery, distribution) for recognizing child users and assessing/mitigating risks to them, rather than assuming an adult-only user base.
- Anchored in the UNCRC and the 5Rights principles; premised on the fact that roughly one in three online users is under 18, so services 'likely to be accessed by' children carry design duties regardless of intended audience.
- Requires age-appropriate presentation of information, terms and safety interventions, and documentation of risk identification and mitigation decisions.
- Approved 2021-11-09, published 2021-11-30; active status; made available free of charge via the IEEE Reading Room given its public-interest intent. Extended by IEEE 2089.1-2024 (Online Age Verification).
Methodology Notes
IEEE SA consensus standard (working group process, sponsor ballot). Process/design standard, not a certification scheme, though it underpins conformity programs and regulatory codes (UK AADC lineage). Freely readable, unlike the paywalled ISO/IEC items.
Sources
IEEE SA standard page — IEEE 2089-2021 (primary)
IEEE Xplore record for IEEE 2089-2021 (30 Nov 2021)
IEEE SA publication announcement (30 Nov 2021)
Archived snapshot (Wayback Machine) — preserved against link rot
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IEEE (2021). IEEE 2089-2021 — IEEE Standard for an Age Appropriate Digital Services Framework Based on the 5Rights Principles for Children. IEEE. https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/2089/7633/
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