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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.
The complicated world of kids' online safety
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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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