The complicated world of kids' online safety
Efforts to protect children from online harm have become a proxy for a wider battle to impose greater oversight on social media giants worldwide.
IT'S MONDAY, AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and will be splitting my time next week between Berlin and Brussels. If you're around and want to grab coffee, drop me a line.
— We're about to enter a new paradigm in how children use the internet. The global policy shift is a proxy for a wider battle over platforms' role in society.
— The European Union is shifting its approach to tech regulation. But these changes are not down to political rhetoric coming from the United States.
— How much would you sell your personal data for? France's privacy regulator figured out the sweet spot.
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