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Ralph discusses the impact of Big Tech on children with Baroness Beeban Kidron and Becky McClain.

Ralph speaks to Baroness Beeban Kidron, a member of the UK House of Lords and a leading voice on children’s rights in the digital environment, whose book is “Users: How Big Tech Took Control and How to Fight Back.” Then we welcome back whistleblower Becky McClain a biotech scientist injured in an unsafe lab and author of “Exposed: A Pfizer Scientist Battles Corruption, Lies, and Betrayal, and Becomes a Biohazard Whistleblower.” Baroness Beeban Kidron is a member of the UK’s House of Lords and a former film director. She is a leading voice on children’s rights in the digital environment and a global authority on digital regulation. She has played a central role in establishing standards for online safety and privacy across the world. She is the author of Users: How Big Tech Took Control and How to Fight Back . The things that children experience online are deliberately designed to distract them. Now, they are there to distract them because those companies want the attention so they can advertise. They want their data so that they can perfect their commercial terms,their product. And they even want their attention to compete against the other people who are competing for their…

People in this episode

Host: Ralph Nader

Guests: Baroness Beeban Kidron, Becky McClain

Topics covered

• Big Tech
• Children's Rights
• Digital Environment
• Whistleblowing
• Online Safety

Keywords

• Big Tech
• children
• digital rights
• whistleblower
• online safety
• advertising
• privacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UK House of Lords, Pfizer

Books & works: Users: How Big Tech Took Control and How to Fight Back, Exposed: A Pfizer Scientist Battles Corruption, Lies, and Betrayal, and Becomes a Biohazard Whistleblower

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