March of the under 10s – generation growing up as protesters

Children at a climate protest outside the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh in March 2019. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesPolitical protest, spotting fake news and taking control of new technology comes naturally to the UK’s under 10s, the so-called Alpha generation and the first cohort born into the fully-fledged social media age, new research reveals.One in five children aged between five and nine have already attended their first march or protest about something they care about,