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Age verification: an Epic mess

I have a Gmail account which I use for testing purposes. I get a lot of spam to it. Presumably, there are lots of people called "Neil Brown" who forget, or mistype, their own email address, and so Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 18 January 2022 Category Tech Tags age verification child protection children Internet regulation

Three problems with the Age Assurance (Minimum Standards) Bill for keeping children safe online

There's plenty of discussion on Twitter about the Age Assurance (Minimum Standards) Bill currently going through Parliament. I want to keep children safe online, and so here are three problems with Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 19 November 2021 Category Tech Tags age assurance age verification online safety bill surveillance child protection children

Policy "dogfooding" / scientific method in digital policy making

Dogfooding: the practice of using one's own products or services Something Must Be Done. By someone else. I read a lot of policy papers and research papers. Many of them examine aspects of online Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 19 August 2021 Category Tech Tags policy making dogfooding scientific method online safety online harms children

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