Nigeria, Sept. 2 -- Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and African legal experts have called for greater accountability from technology companies over digital products and platforms that expose children to harmful content, exploitation and other online risks.

They made the call on Monday at a high-level session on children's digital rights during the 16th Annual Conference of the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) taking place in Cairo, Egypt, between 31 August and September.

The session, titled "Guardrails, Not Gates: Protecting Children in the Digital Age," was convened by the Justice Research Institute (JRI) in collaboration with the African Alliance for People-Centred Justice and with support from Luminate. The Director of People-Cen...