Know your ‘iRights’

The five iRights for children and young people are...

1. The right to remove
   Anyone under 18 should have the right to easily edit or delete any and all content they created themselves.
2. The right to know
   They have the right to know who’s holding or profiting from their information, what it’s being used for and whether it’s being copied, sold or traded. 
3. The right to safety and support
   They should be confident they’ll be protected from illegal practices, and supported if confronted by troubling or upsetting scenarios online.
4. The right to make informed and conscious choices (the right to agency)
   They should be free to reach into creative and participatory places online, using digital technologies as tools, yet have the capacity to disengage at will.
5. The right to digital literacy
   To access knowledge online, they need to be taught to use and critique digital technologies, and given the tools needed to negotiate changing social norms.

iRights and LifeSkills

Use these LifeSkills lesson plans to support the five iRights in class.

The right to remove

• Online reputation 11–16
• Online reputation 16–19
• Effective use of social media 16–19

The right to know

• Digital skills at work 16–19
• Online reputation 11–16
• Online reputation 16–19
• Effective use of social media 16–19

The right to safety and support

• Digital skills at work 16–19
• Internet and email skills 11–16
• Internet and email skills 16–19
• Online reputation 11–16
• Online reputation 16–19
• Effective use of social media 16–19

The right to make informed and conscious choices

• Digital skills at work 16–19
• Internet and email skills 11–16
• Internet and email skills 16–19
• Online reputation 11–16

The right to digital literacy

• Digital skills at work 16–19
• Internet and email skills 11–16
• Internet and email skills 16–19
• Online reputation 11–16
• Internet and email skills 16–19
• Effective use of social media 16–19