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How has #BigTech avoided accountability, and how do we drive real change?
Join Baroness #BeebanKidron, @Livingstone_S & Peter Wanless for the online launch of Kidron's powerful new book, Users.
🗓️ 25 June 4-5pm
👇 Sign up: digital-futures-for-children…
@5RightsFound @PenguinUKBooks
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Junto a @Livingstone_S , Kim Rigmar, varios otros colegas y el Digital Futures for Children centre (DFC) co-organizamos la preconferencia "CHILDREN'S RIGHTS UNDER
PRESSURE IN A DIGITAL WORLD".
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🎟️ Tickets are live for #LSEFestival 2026 (15–20 June)!
Department highlights:
🧘 18 June, 11.30am: Mindfulness with Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan
🌱 20 June, 6.30pm: 'Save the Planet' panel featuring Prof Nick Couldry
👇 Book now: lse.ac.uk/events
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🗣️ Prof Shakuntala Banaji is speaking today from 2.15–3.30pm at The Pavilion (Cavendish Venues, London) for the "Who controls our stories in South Asia?" forum.
Panel: “AI and Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Promises in the Newsroom”.
Join here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/who-contr…
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How did #Shenzhen become a global tech powerhouse? 🌐
Join us online for the #booklaunch of 'Dragon Innovation: Shenzhen' with Dr Grace Yuehan Wang & Prof Bingchun Meng. Chaired by Dr Wendy Willems.
🗓️ Mon 15 June 1-2.30pm (UK time)
🎟️ Register: lse.zoom.us/webinar/register…
#China
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Research from Steve Wood and the Digital Futures for Children centre: major platforms responded to early regulation - then stalled.
The framework exists. What's missing is enforcement and safety by design built in from the start.
🔗researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/…
#DigitalFutures4Children
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The latest exceptional student research from our MSc programmes is now online. Congratulations to all who feature!
📖Have a read, with topics ranging from #GenZ #Strava tracking & climate disinformation to #AI governance, & Gen Z horror #gaming: lse.ac.uk/media-and-communic…
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At a time when democratic life feels unstable, what does justice mean?
📖LSE MSc Candidate Kiara Driver reviews the key arguments from Prof Shakuntala Banaji’s inaugural lecture on 'infinite justice', youth activism, and political cosmologies: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202…
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Catch up on the full event:
📺 Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=jM7wUqZA…
🎙️ Listen on LSE Player: lse.ac.uk/lse-player/infinit…
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A new study co-authored by world-leading #childrights expert Prof @livingstone_s reveals 1 in 6 internet-using #children across #Africa & #Asia experience tech-facilitated #abuse: "The problem is global, and so must be the solutions."
📖 Read more: lse.ac.uk/news/new-study-on-…
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Are #socialmediabans a necessary shield or a slippery slope for #freespeech? ⚖️
Join @AspenInstituteUK tonight at LSE 6.30-8pm to discuss digital threats & regulation.
📢 Speakers: Clare Rewcastle Brown, Damian Collins OBE, Thomas Barton & Charlton Brown aspenuk.org/events/whats-in-…
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A new report from #DigitalFuturesforChildren & # 5Rights finds tech giants are shifting from "by default" child protections to end-user parental controls, alongside inconsistent age verification.
Full study on #socialmedia, #gaming & #AIsafety: ow.ly/pERA50Z0hbM
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LSE Media & Communications retweeted
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Want to hear some unique wellbeing tips? Why not read LSE student Cara's blog on how you can improve your mental health through techniques inspired by sports psychology 🎾#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
blogs.lse.ac.uk/studentsatls…
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May 14
Weren't able to join us at #LSEOfferHolderDay?
No worries, we've got you covered! 🙋♀️
Catch up online with recordings of all the sessions that took place 👉 ow.ly/rZUl50YYRbp
We can’t wait to welcome you to campus in September #partofLSE
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LSE Media & Communications retweeted
Children “are generally very clear: They do not want a [social media] ban,” @Livingstone_S argued at our #POLITICOAITech Week.
“They are actually the first to tell you about all the things that can go wrong.”
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Introducing the #JournalismAI Strategy Lab (previously the Academy) 👇
A free, 5-week online programme for journalists and media professionals ready to go beyond tools and start making informed decisions about how AI fits into their newsroom.
@googlenewsinit
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📝 New on the Media@LSE blog!
Dr. Beatriz Lopes Buarque and Abdullah Abu-Hassan examine the risks of models like Claude Mythos and why AI "containment" is a myth.
➡️ Read more: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202…
#AI #TechPolicy #LSE #AIHistory
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🎬 Missed last week's expert briefing on child safety online? The replay is live!
@livingstone_s chaired this @IPIE_org session on platform harms and the urgent actions needed to protect children online.
🎞️ Watch here: youtu.be/JGi5EiCsVFg?si=yBrC…
#ChildSafety #OnlineHarm
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🔎 Is the social contract between the state and #BritishJews broken?
🔬 LSE’s Professor #ShaniOrgad discusses findings from her research into the experiences of British Jews, exploring the impact of a growing tide of #antisemitism in the UK.
➡️ Read more: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202…
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LSE MSc Candidate Kiara Driver highlights how #media and #softpower are being used to tell #China's story across #LatinAmerica.
🔍 Explore the specific insights shared on how soft power is being deployed through new global communication strategies: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202…
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