UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called last month for an AI Child Safety Pledge, comparing emerging AI technology to untested medicine as he urged stronger regulation. Yet the same online spaces that power youth movements also expose their organisers – often young women, minorities and activists – to online harassment and surveillance. Young people’s perspectives must be integrated into research and policymaking that drives solutions to issues surrounding information integrity, the brief argues. But with AI becoming increasingly ubiquitous, it warns the window is closing to write children’s rights into AI governance frameworks. “As digital technologies and information environments continue to evolve, the current moment presents an urgent opportunity to move from principles to practical action,” the brief says.