I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record.
White middle class parents have been giving away their children's privacy, in the name of keeping them safe, since before the web even existed. I would know.
All posts tagged: children’s privacy
The call was coming from inside the house
In which "something bad happened in real life and that is why we need the Online Safety Bill!" rhetoric hits absolute rock bottom. Content warning
Unlock door. Open door. Go outside.
The lock meant to keep a child safe might be the very thing keeping them unsafe.
The age-appropriate rubber dinghies of the sunlit uplands
An amendment to the Online Safety Bill uses its age verification requirements to censor subjective legal content determined by government policy. Just like we warned you years ago.
A thought experiment: what if we talked about the over-60s’ screen time the way we talk about young people’s screen time?
Won't somebody think of the OAPs?
Postcard from a Challenger Kid
Sometimes age verification is an insult.
A wonk across the rooftops
I was honoured to advise BBC Scotland's Disclosure team on a recent documentary about children's online privacy.
The UNICEF Manifesto on better governance of children’s data
Over the past year, I had the privilege of contributing to a UNICEF manifesto on the better governance of children's data. I'm thrilled to finally announce that the manifesto has been published.
How to create a world as age appropriate as apple pie
A true story about what happens when "age appropriate" is allowed to become a subjective and politicised decision about how information is filtered to the young people who need it the most.
Safeguarding children’s privacy – the right way
When I retired from open source projects in February, I did so with more than a little curiosity about what new opportunities would come up to fill the void. That’s how life works, after all. Here is the first one.
The biggest threat to children’s privacy
Yesterday I had the misfortune of discovering an appalling violation of children's privacy rights: a piece of keylogging stalkerware being sold as a "safeguarding" tool for parents, packaged in a hysterical scare story about sexting.
Just how bad is the ICO’s draft age appropriate design code?
The draft Code is a recipe for creating a generation of children who will grow up sheltered, shattered, and shamed, as their outlooks and formative experiences are defined by safety warnings, age gates, and privatised surveillance.