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6. Kira Allman

Vicki and Geraldine talk to digital inequalities expert Kira Allman, recently appointed Senior Digital Policy Officer at Manchester City Council, about why we so often get ‘the digital divide’ wrong, why thinking of digital infrastructure as being like water is helpful, and the prospects for AI that works for human beings.Talking points:What’s the point of local digital policies when the internet is global?Why the digital divide is a rubbish concept.How exclusion is baked into technology.Tech...

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  Smartphone bans: the professional perspective

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  Smartphone bans: what are young people saying?

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  1. The minimal digital living standard

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  Smartphone bans for under-16s: the parent perspective

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  7. Season roundup, with VoiceBox

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  6. The secrets of search

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  5. Young people and the emerging gender divide

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  4. The debate surrounding screen time, with Pete Etchells

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  3. The ‘wicked problem’ of child financial harms

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  2. Katie Davis

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  1. Has media literacy’s time finally come?

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  7. Sharenting

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  6. A problem hiding in plain sight?

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  5. The respectable face of the porn industry?

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  4. Money muling

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  3. Romancing the bot