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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/new… #education #privacy #ChildRights #GDPR
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Does a "social media ban" really mean ID checks for everyone?
Just one question explored in our fascinating in-depth interview with Jen Persson @TheABB of @defenddigitalme 👇
youtu.be/8hRn9CzaDhE
We discuss age verification, social media restrictions, digital ID, children's data, parental responsibility and the future of online freedom in the UK
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To be clear: a #SocialMediaBan is not leading. A ban is capitulation. A ban means govt has given up being able to regulate, to enforce its own law, the Online Safety Act failed. A ban gives companies a get-out-of-jail-free card to carry on being toxic, and gives kids a cliff-edge
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Ban anything or check anything based on *age* means everyone must be age checked, in order to assure you are not a child. If it is legally obliged to be accurate, the AA/AV must be ID cross checked. That means the end of online anonymity, and children often want / need that too.
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Why would govt introduce screen time curfews when demonstrably don’t work, are unenforceable *and* unpopular
@bbclaurak @lisanandy ⬇️ see Korea.
Content harm is already illegal; Online Safety Act and data enforcement need effective regulators, not more punitive-rules-for-all.
Jun 13
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/3093… #SocialMediaBan #ShutdownLaw #CinderellaLaw #ScreenTime 1/n
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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/3093… #SocialMediaBan #ShutdownLaw #CinderellaLaw #ScreenTime 1/n
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4/n “A slippage from banning social media platforms’ harms, to banning children.” Best interview I’d heard so far on the Aus #SocialMediaBan — a simplistic solution that’s not a solution, to complex challenges. #RightToPlay #RightToInformation x.com/Livingstone_S/status/1…
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Adding my pennyworth to the #Australian debate about #SocialMediaBan #Children for @abcnews @ABC
Watch here youtube.com/watch?v=cFLs96Sc…
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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
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Scientists pour cold water on claims phones are rewiring kids' brains theregister.com/personal-tec…
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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-aba… #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/w… #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/3093… #SocialMediaBan #ShutdownLaw #CinderellaLaw #ScreenTime 1/n
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyk…
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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Jen Persson🌻 retweeted
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Next week in #EPlenary (15-18/6):
💻 Digital Omnibus on AI (rapp. @ArbaKokalari & @McNamaraMEP): debate Mon p.m. & vote Tue
press conference Wed 10.00 CEST
🛂 Return Regulation (rapp. @MalikAzmani): debate Tue p.m. & vote Wed
press conference Wed 13.30 CEST
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Scotland face a cool start and a hot finish if they are to lift the trophy. Steve Clarke’s 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/u…
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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-school…
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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
“They may not like it, but I don’t think that’s going to change things,” one teacher in attendance told me. “The naysayers are not going to stop it.”
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