Can We Make the Internet Safe for Children? With Baroness Beeban Kidron
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm senior producer Mia Sarentu. We are increasingly aware of the potential dangers smartphones and social media pose for young people. Social media bans for under 16s are being rolled out across the world, but can we actually make the internet safe for children? And if digital platforms are designed to capture our attention,
Who should be responsible for protecting young people from the harms they can create? On today's episode, Baroness Beeban Kidron, filmmaker, campaigner and member of the House of Lords, joins Carl Miller, author and researcher at Demos, to discuss why making the digital world safer will require holding technology companies to greater democratic accountability. Let's join our host, Carl Miller, now with more. Welcome to Intelligence Squared, everyone. I'm Carl Miller, and our guest today is Baroness Biban Kidron.
She's a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords, founder of the Five Rights Foundation, a global authority on digital regulation, especially to enshrine children's rights in the digital world and the author of a new book, Users. Baroness Kidront, so lovely to have you on Intelligence Squared. Very warm welcome to you. Thank you very much. Great to be here.
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