Baroness Kidron: Lord Speaker's Corner

<p>From making movies for Stephen Spielberg to ground-breaking protections for young people online, Beeban Kidron - <a href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/4258/career" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Baroness Kidron</a> - talks to Lord McFall of Alcluith about her wide-ranging work as a filmmaker and campaigner.</p><br><p>In this new interview, Baroness Kidron reveals what inspired her to become a filmmaker and her experiences making television and films including <em>Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit</em> and <em>To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar</em>.</p><br><p><em>'When the data bill came into the Lords, I put forward an amendment that created a data protection regime for children… And when it came into force, we saw the biggest changes in social media that we've seen in two decades, since it's been a thing in our lives… We are currently working in seven different countries and I believe that by the end of the legislative season, there will be five more states who have passed age-appropriate design codes in their own system. And that is one code introduced in the UK, in the House of Lords.’</em></p><br><p>Baroness Kidron also discusses the <a href="https://open.acast.com/EPiServer/CMS/Content/business/news/2023/january-2023/lords-scrutinises-online-safety-bill,,175604/?epieditmode=False" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Online Safety Bill</a> and what she thinks should come next for protecting young people.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>