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HIGHUKAdded 2024-02-01
Baroness Beeban Kidron
Peer / Digital Safety Advocate
UK House of Lords / 5Rights Foundation
Freedom Threat Index65%
SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS
Profile
Architect of the Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code) and a primary driver of UK online safety legislation. Has pushed extensively for age verification requirements and platform design mandates. While framed around child safety, critics argue these frameworks create infrastructure easily repurposed for broader censorship.
Key Actions & Positions
Primary author of the Age Appropriate Design Code — mandating platforms design for children by default
Lobbied intensively for age verification requirements
Advocated for the Online Safety Act provisions covering legal but harmful content
Chairs 5Rights Foundation which shapes international child online safety frameworks
Tags
age-appropriate-designchildren-onlineage-verificationplatform-design
Linked Incidents (1)
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