Beeban Kidron
The Reformer
Changing the system from inside it, principle turned into change.
Beeban Kidron is a former filmmaker turned lawmaker who focuses on reforming digital policies to safeguard users, particularly children. This interview highlights her commitment to addressing the complexities of technology's impact on society and her determination to implement necessary changes within existing frameworks.
“Well, and this is where we get back to the issue of we've got a technology, it's being designed deliberately in certain ways, it's optimized for certain outcomes, and it has certain values. And I mean, values both in terms of what it extracts and how much money it makes and so on, but also values in terms of what it leaves behind.”
“No, it wasn't. And you started this interview by quoting my husband. And in fact, that's what happened. I went, I started to show the film and I rather stupidly said I would show it to any school that wanted.”
“I think it's really important to be nuanced. So, can I just start by commending all the parents and all the activists who have brought this forward? Because they're desperate and they don't want their kids to have this stuff. And I think that that is something that we all need to listen to very carefully.”
“Yeah, I think that that's where my politics and coming from a more sort of investigative place really comes to play because it's more nuanced than that. And I can tell in your face it's more nuanced than that. You know that actually they brought together a peace movement.”
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