Digital Wellbeing and Its Regulation for Children and Young People

This paper examines digital wellbeing as an evolving, multifaceted concept shaped by technological design, data practices, and policy measures. Focusing on children and young people, it explores how digital wellbeing is governed through individual, platform, and government regulation. The technological dimension is foregrounded through wellbeing management tools such as screen-time dashboards, and apps that promote self-monitoring and mindfulness. These tools reveal tensions between self-regulat