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Ministers’ ‘evangelical’ support for EdTech sparks warning by campaigner

A children’s rights campaigner has warned over ministers’ “evangelical” backing for the use of technology in the classroom as she highlighted the risks to pupils’ welfare and education. Filmmaker Baroness Kidron told Parliament that pupils were ...

01 May 2025 at 15:55

Media faces existential threat from ‘thieving’ AI, ministers warned

Artificial intelligence poses an “existential threat” to the free press by stealing content and so putting at risk quality news and thousands of reporter jobs, the Government has been warned at Westminster. Urgent reform was demanded in ...

07 Jul 2025 at 17:47

Government defeat in Lords over protecting copyright from AI data scraping

The Government has been defeated in the Lords over measures to protect creatives from having their copyrighted work used to train AI models without permission or remuneration. Peers voted 145 to 126, majority 19, in favour of a package ...

28 Jan 2025 at 21:24

Children ‘no match’ for Silicon Valley billions, peer says in online safety plea

A child is “no match for the billions of dollars spent hijacking their attention”, a filmmaker has warned in a plea for strengthened child safety online. Baroness Kidron, whose credits include Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason and ...

22 Jan 2025 at 10:41

‘I would have done social media ban consultation sooner’ – Ofsted boss

The chief inspector of the schools watchdog has said he would have consulted on a social media ban for under-16s sooner, as he shed light on how inspectors will check phones bans in schools are being enforced. It comes as peers ...

21 Jan 2026 at 15:55

Hugh Grant backs call for social media ban for under-16s ahead of Lords debate

Actor Hugh Grant is among those backing a social media ban for under-16s, saying parents are in “an impossible position” with regard to the online harms their children are being exposed to and “are looking for leadership from ...

21 Jan 2026 at 10:25

Outrage is driving rapid social media law changes, leading campaigner says

‘Outrage’ is driving rapid social media law changes – Baroness Kidron

Online safety campaigners are not “winning the argument” but “outrage” is driving change in the law, a filmmaker and children’s rights campaigner has warned. Baroness Kidron, who founded the digital child safety organisation ...

25 Jan 2026 at 06:25

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