Vicki and Geraldine talk to Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law and a chief begetter of the Online Safety Act about how it started with a brie and cranberry sandwich and where it’s gone from there.

Talking points:

• How far has Lorna’s central idea, developed with Will Perrin of Carnegie, survived the turbulent politics of the last five years?
• Will the Act deal with addictive design and the cumulative impact of pieces of content that, taken individually, might not look that harmful?
• Is there a lawyer’s answer to the collision of the fundamental rights of children and adults thrown up by the growth of end-to-end encryption, which allows for untraceable sharing of child sexual abuse material? (Spoiler: there is!)
• Are parents going to be overwhelmed by safety tools - their own and their children’s?

Tech Shock is a Parent Zone production. Follow Parent Zone on social media for all the latest on our work on helping families to thrive in the digital age. Presented by Vicki Shotbolt. Tech Shock is produced and edited by Tim Malster.

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