Andy Burrows
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https://andyburrows.substack.com 27-01-2018 11:49:35
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Some good news in today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) data on deaths by suicide: deaths among young females aged 10-24 have plateaued, albeit after a decade of steep increases. Now we need to see sustained work to see rates fall, inc online-facilitated cases Molly Rose Foundation ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
Tough week for you Pavel Durov. Guess you’ll be spending a lot more more time in Paris, so feel free to reach out for some local tips (best babka at a little place in the 9e) or better still on some online child protection basics!
Snapchat urges Ofcom to water down its child protection proposals because it claims it may worsen a teen ‘loneliness crisis.’ Spoke to Matt Field about this latest example of Big Tech cynicism Molly Rose Foundation telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…
Over a week on from Durov’s arrest and it’s striking how private messaging app CEOs who are normally so voluble about legal and regulatory approaches to tackling online CSA are suddenly oh so quiet Meredith Whittaker Will Cathcart
Nick Clegg is blaming parents for not using Meta’s deliberately complex parental controls. Our Molly Rose Foundation reaction: it’s time to stop passing the buck and take responsibility for preventable online harm theguardian.com/technology/202…
This is great news, but plenty of scope for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to go further - for example, by closing the disparity whereby inciting self-harm isn’t a priority offence Molly Rose Foundation
Instagram’s announcement is another PR-driven attempt to get ahead of what regulation will soon require - & while welcome, with no upfront age assurance & lots of previously announced measures is far less than the sum of its parts Molly Rose Foundation bbc.com/news/articles/…
Difficult to conceive that Republicans in the House want to pass a version of #KOSA that strips away duties relating to mental health & suicide. Speaker Mike Johnson should be ready to look bereaved parents in the eye on this Molly Rose Foundation washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…