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10 Oct 2020
#ICYMI on Oct 7, the ICO published its executive summary from a compulsory #audit of the Department for Education with implications for over 21 million people in the National Pupil Database in England ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/newā¦ #education #privacy #ChildRights #GDPR
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Screens, Teens and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence From Time-Use-Diary Studies (2019) (N=17,247) found little evidence for negative associations between digital-screen engagement and well-being pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3093ā¦ #SocialMediaBan #ShutdownLaw #CinderellaLaw #ScreenTime 1/n
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4/n āA slippage from banning social media platformsā harms, to banning children.ā Best interview Iād heard so far on the Aus #SocialMediaBan ā a simplistic solution thatās not a solution, to complex challenges. #RightToPlay #RightToInformation x.com/Livingstone_S/status/1ā¦
15 Sep 2024
Adding my pennyworth to the #Australian debate about #SocialMediaBan #Children for @abcnews @ABC
Watch here youtube.com/watch?v=cFLs96Scā¦
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5/n "What evidence do we have of the impact of digital devices or social media on the adolescent brain?" she asked. "Almost nothing. There are a few small studies, but they haven't been replicated, and they're purely correlational." #SocialMediaBan #CinderellaLaw #ShutdownLaw
Scientists pour cold water on claims phones are rewiring kids' brains theregister.com/personal-tecā¦
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2021 -- ten years later -- South Korea abandons controversial gaming curfew | "Since its introduction, the law has proved unpopular as well as controversial" nme.com/news/south-korea-abaā¦ #CinderellaLaw #ScreenTime #SocialMediaBan #YoungVoters #Article12 #UNCRC #RightToPlay 3/n
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2011, South Korea--"South Korea pulled the plug this weekend on young gamers after midnight by blocking access to game websites, putting a hotly debated law into practice." edition.cnn.com/2011/11/22/wā¦ #CinderellaLaw #ScreenTime #SocialMediaBan
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Screens, Teens and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence From Time-Use-Diary Studies (2019) (N=17,247) found little evidence for negative associations between digital-screen engagement and well-being pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3093ā¦ #SocialMediaBan #ShutdownLaw #CinderellaLaw #ScreenTime 1/n
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwykā¦
Very strong words ahead of expected social media ban from @mollyroseorg -
Ian Russell tells us govt is rushing in a blanket ban, rather than more sophisticated controls, under political pressure, in a 'deplorable way'
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Jun 13
Dear Policy makers, please understand on E2EE messaging systems, restricting or banning disappearing messages for under-16s creates structural tension with the encryption model itself: E2EE deliberately removes server visibility and control over message semantics after delivery.
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Jun 12
Next week in #EPlenary (15-18/6):
š» Digital Omnibus on AI (rapp. @ArbaKokalari & @McNamaraMEP): debate Mon p.m. & vote Tue
press conference Wed 10.00 CEST
š Return Regulation (rapp. @MalikAzmani): debate Tue p.m. & vote Wed
press conference Wed 13.30 CEST
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Jun 12
Scotland face a cool start and a hot finish if they are to lift the trophy. Steve Clarkeās men face relatively cool opening matche in Boston then a barbeque against Brazil in Miami on the 24 June - their final group game. Scotland's route has roughly 4.9 extreme-heat matches.
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5 May 2022
UK #schools introducing #biometrics without due care, legal backing, report says
Forward by Biometrics Commissioner Fraser Sampson poses tough questions
@Pippa_King @defenddigitalme
biometricupdate.com/202205/uā¦
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16 Nov 2021
'There can be no lawful, freely given consent when there is such an imbalance of power ' - writes @defenddigitalme director, Jen Persson
schoolsweek.co.uk/why-schoolā¦
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ICO strips commissioner Edwards of responsibilities in HR inquiry bit.ly/4ezovQZ
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Jun 9
NEW: I went to Google's HQ to watch an AI training for K-12 educators
In one session, they walked through how to persuade skeptical teachers to give AI a shot -- or at least prevent them from talking for 15 min about how AI is bad
āThey may not like it, but I donāt think thatās going to change things,ā one teacher in attendance told me. āThe naysayers are not going to stop it.ā
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Jun 10
To require device controls, not ban 'it'. It is already a criminal offence for an under-18 to send an indecent selfie, as the govt pointed out in the 2019 Online Harms White Paper.
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May 18
You may wish to make a factual correction on Phillipsā statistical claimā27% of all CSAM are reported by the IWF as self-generatedānot 91%āalthough *any* number is awful, reporting must be accurate so that proposed solutions tackle the problems correctly. iwf.org.uk/annual-data-insigā¦
ALT https://www.iwf.org.uk/annual-data-insights-report-2025/hashing-insights/self-generated-imagery/
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May 29
Molly Rose Foundation further undertook polling into "Australia's social media ban ā is it working?" (2026). mollyrosefoundation.org/wp-cā¦ Saying: "Most children do not feel that the ban has improved how safe they feel online," and "1 in 8 felt less safe". #SocialMediaBan #OnlineSafety
ALT Molly Rose Foundation page 4 survey findings https://mollyrosefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MRF_Australia-Social-Media-Ban-Research_Briefing-April-26.pdf
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May 28
UNICEF welcomed the growing commitment to childrenās #OnlineSafety, but cautions that social media bans come with their own risks, and that "they may even backfire". unicef.org/press-releases/agā¦ #SocialMediaBan
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