ABSTRACT
The book concludes by arguing that the stakes of these technologies are high for young people whose lives increasingly unfold within the enclosures of the neoliberal, corporate frames of digital capitalism. KidTech is reshaping what it means to be a child, and by extension what it means to be a parent, a family, and a citizen. I contend that there is an urgent need to understand these digital spaces and logics through which they are constructed. As KidTech becomes more prevalent and colonizes nearly all aspects of children’s lives, we must remain attentive to how digital infrastructures may replicate and exacerbate existing oppressions and inequalities. Protecting young people’s digital rights including the right to privacy is increasing complex as children become datafied subjects on corporate servers that buy and sell information to third parties while their creations, images, and stories are transformed into content for KidTech platforms. As the world becomes more digital, which children get access to digital technologies and services becomes an even greater possibility of exacerbating inequalities and privileges already experienced by children
