Opinion

‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’

In her work as an online safety campaigner, the baroness and Bridget Jones director has seen things she can never unsee – and she’s furious at the tech overlords doing nothing to stop the abuse ...
Yahoo

The Crazy, Fabulous Story Behind 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar'

When director Beeban Kidron thinks back on her 1995 film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, the first thing that comes to mind is her memory of wolf-whistling at Patrick Swayze and ...
The Guardian

Beeban Kidron: 'We need to talk about teenagers and the internet'

When Beeban Kidron makes a film, she says, she always tends to start on the street. InRealLife, which is a film no parent and no teenager should miss, began in exactly that way. She went out with her ...
Bureau of Investigative Journalism

‘No reasonable person can say it’s OK’: the baroness protecting children from chatbots

TBIJ co-publishes its stories with major media outlets around the world so they reach as many people as possible. “I say it with some sadness,” says Baroness Kidron, “but I think that this ...
Bloomberg L.P.

The British Baroness Who’s Taming Big Tech

Parmy Olson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology. A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, she is author of “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the ...
lse

Baroness Kidron

Baroness Kidron is a leading voice on children's rights in the digital environment and a global authority on digital regulation and accountability. She has played a determinative role in establishing ...
The New York Times

The Baroness Fighting to Protect Children Online

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Beeban Kidron, Silicon Valley’s latest antagonist, sat on the patio of a boutique hotel near Facebook’s headquarters recently, camouflaged in the local uniform of jeans and ...