Tech This Out!
Tech This Out!
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Children and young people take centre stage in 5Rights’ first ever podcast, entirely led by youth. Join us as we discuss with experts, thoughts leaders and decision-makers what a safer, rights-respecting digital world looks like and drive meaningful change for a digital future that truly serves everyone, but especially young people and children.
Learn more about our work: https://5rightsfoundation.com/
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Explores topics such as surveillance capitalism, digital privacy, and the impact of tech on youth, with episodes discussing the ways in which tech companies profit from children's data and the implications of phone bans in schools.
Children and young people take centre stage in 5Rights’ first ever podcast, entirely led by youth. Join us as we discuss with experts, thoughts leaders and decision-makers what a safer, rights-respecting digital world looks like and drive meaningful change for a digital future that truly serves everyone, but especially young people and children.
Learn more about our work: https://5rightsfoundation.com/
It started with half a sentence in a policy document. It grew into landmark legislation that changed the internet for millions of children. In the Season 1 finale of Tech This Out!, 5Rights Youth Ambassador Nidhi sits down with Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid, former African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, and Baroness Beeban Kidron, member of the UK House of Lords and Founder of 5Rights Foundation to look back on years of advocacy, hard-won progress, and what comes next.
From the Age-Appropriate Design Code in the UK to the African Union Child Online Safety and Empowerment Policy, real change has been madeWhat did it take to move governments, institutions, and industry? And with AI evolving faster than any regulation can keep up, what happens next?
Together, they reflect on the breakthroughs and the battles, share what they’ve learned from young people, and make the case that protecting children online isn’t a niche cause – it’s the defining issue of our time.
This podcast is brought to you by the 5Rights Foundation, the pioneering global organisation working with and for children for better tech. Visit our website to learn more about our work.
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