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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Will Durrant

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

Baroness Kidron proposed several changes to the Data (Use and Access) Bill (Alamy/PA) -

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 Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, agreed to drop her proposed amendments to the Data (Use and Access) Bill, on the condition that the Government considers future changes to bolster children’s safety online.

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