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INQ000587936 – Children & Young People’s Voices Project: Full report UK Covid-19 Inquiry Archives The full report of the Children and Young People's Voices Project, providing an insight of children and young people’s experiences, and how they perceived the impact of the pandemic on them, dated 15 ...

“[My social worker was] at the end of my driveway while I was, like, in the porch. It was weird.” (Aged 16)

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‘AI isn't going to wake up, become superintelligent and turn you into paperclips – but rich people with AI investor psychosis are almost certainly going to make you much, much poorer.’

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🏰 More Than Robots #94 October 2025 “Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.” ― Samuel Pepys There's a LOT going on. So let us start before we get stopped.

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🏰 More Than Robots #94 October 2025 “Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.” ― Samuel Pepys There's a LOT going on. So let us start before we get stopped.

More Than Robots - October edition - is available now.

A medieval pilgrimage around the youth / digital / equity Venn and all fiefdoms in between.

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‘AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:’ @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy

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From the ChatGPT community on Reddit: i'm about to make ten million dollars Explore this post and more from the ChatGPT community

ShopGPT. What could possibly go wrong

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The Internet Coup Is Here. And the World Is Still Asleep | TechPolicy.Press At UNGA 80, the world’s leaders have a chance to prove that they understand what is at stake, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

So it goes…

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Talking about life online can be challenging for any young person. Having speech, language and communication needs ( #SLCN ) adds complexity.

Talk:Tech is a range of visual and spoken resources to support conversations about digital.

parentzone.org.uk/TalkTech

🚸 More Than Robots #93 September 2025 the hurl and gliding / Rebuffed the big wind - Gerard Manley Hopkins The great, tricky return to school and other routines has begun

ICYMI: September's More Than Robots features stats, fakes, pre-bunking, power, media and financial literacies and opinions on all things youth / digital / equity

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There is a clear link between a child’s and their parents’ financial capability.

Parents' digital financial capability needs to be improved, but this alone will not improve children's outcomes. Strategic parenting support is also needed.
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The myth of sovereign AI: Countries rely on U.S. and Chinese tech As countries pursue self-sufficiency in AI, they risk depending on foreign companies, undermining their independence and their goals.

The myth of sovereign AI

a handful of American and Chinese tech firms control the #AI infrastructure — from chips and large language models to cloud services and data centers.

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♿ Accessible Tech from Respawn
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🎯 Parental controls and @esrb.org explainer sessions
✏️ So many Guestbook comments

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The right moment for digital safety

[There is a] need to develop resources that address the identified skills gap for parents with low levels of digital inclusion in what to do when encountering challenges to their children’s online safety.

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featuring @ofcom.bsky.social @pewresearch.org @emilysetty.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social @revealingreality.bsky.social @parentzone.org.uk and many more

🚸 More Than Robots #93 September 2025 the hurl and gliding / Rebuffed the big wind - Gerard Manley Hopkins The great, tricky return to school and other routines has begun

More Than Robots - September edition is available now

A ramble around the youth/digital/equity Venn in too big new school shoes

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1 in 3 young boys are targeted online: What the new 2024 Youth Perspectives data tells us Thorn's 2024 Youth Perspectives Report reveals alarming data: 1 in 3 boys aged 9-to-12 report online sexual interactions, the highest rate in five years.

‘Perpetrators may initially engage boys through shared gaming interests, offer virtual gifts or game loot’

Increases in child online sexual extortion among boys may be facilitated by digital goods in gaming and gifting that can’t be easily rejected or switched off.

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Over the course of just a few weeks last year it emerged that girls and young women in hundreds of schools and universities across South Korea were being systematically targeted with deepfake sexual… ... Over the course of just a few weeks last year it emerged that girls and young women in hundreds of schools and universities across South Korea were being systematically targeted with deepfake sexual a...

‘These are not distant problems. Warning signs are already appearing in the UK and other countries. This signals a dangerous vulnerability to similar outbreaks of organized digital violence.’ The Anatomy of the South Korean Deepfake Crisis www.linkedin.com/posts/adgrov...

Sarah Conner watching you use AI for everything

Back from leave - what did I miss?

‘Scam compounds in Myanmar may have more than doubled their use of Starlink after Thailand cut off their internet access in May 2024.’

Welcome to the future.

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Neurotechnology and Children’s Rights Preparing for the future

Never mind the socialweb... here comes the neuro-web
'Given the risks around neurotechnology, society cannot afford to repeat the failures of before.'
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We’re delighted to launch #EverydayDigital - the product that helps parents develop media literacy skills for everyday life.

Want to help parents protect themselves from disinformation or scams? Buy and access engaging resources to use in your work:

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Failure to prioritise media literacy in the UK presents a risk to social cohesion and democracy - Committees - UK Parliament The Communications and Digital Committee publishes its report ‘Media literacy’.

Media literacy – particularly for parents – is finally getting the attention it needs. How this will be delivered is the critical next step.

What we can say is that without “long-term strategic vision” successful delivery remains unlikely.

Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...

Stark statistics from @cfyounglives.bsky.social on the scale and scope of child vulnerability and poverty - increases across the board...
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'parents need targeted resources to help them reinforce media literacy education at home while improving their own skills in this area.'
Lots to unpack in the new @houseoflords.parliament.uk report on #MediaLiteracy
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If we designed products and services to reduce online harm or support people when they experience it, what might this look like?

@rufflemuffin.bsky.social explores how design patterns could reduce #ChildFinancialHarms

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The Early years foundation stage statutory framework has been updated but where is the consideration for digital media literacy?

As our @nuffieldfoundation.org supported review found, there's significant gaps between guidance, research and families everyday lives
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⏰ More Than Robots #91 July 2025 fugit inreparabile tempus Time flies like an arrow and yet also seems to go in circles. Here are some things to make the most of the time available.

ICYMI: More Than Robots - July edition is out now

A ramble around the youth / digital / equity Venn and all shady stops in between

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🚨 New funding opportunity: Smart Data Research UK Fellowships

Today, we're pre-announcing the SDR UK Fellowships, offering UK-based researchers up to £200,000 (FEC) to undertake innovative research. Sign up for our webinar on 29 July: bit.ly/4lBrQQh.

‘Talking, debating, arguing - it’s the way you can help your child process what they’re seeing online. It’s not always comfortable or easy but has to be part of family life otherwise you’re leaving the internet to form their world view and that’s a terrible idea’

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