âWhy would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?â: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its âtobacco momentâ
In her work as an online safety campaigner, the baroness and Bridget Jones director has seen things she can never unsee â and sheâs furious
In her work as an online safety campaigner, the baroness and Bridget Jones director has seen things she can never unsee â and sheâs furious at the tech overlords doing nothing to stop the abuse Through the open windows behind Beeban Kidron drifts the unmistakable sound of children playing.
Her north ÂLondon office is sandwiched between a school and a nursery, and the occasional playground shriek functions as an aural reminder of what weâre here to discuss: the safety and happiness of young people, growing up in an age of screens. Though our conversation takes some dark turns, only once does the film director turned crossbench peer and online safety campaigner for children lose her composure.
âI have seen a lot of things Iâd rather not see,â she says, slowly. âBut the worst thing was not the most extreme. It was watching a childâs face as she realised that the person who she thought was her friend wasnât her friend; that the sex acts sheâd been doing werenât for her friend; and that there may have been other people in the room.
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