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Safeguarding Podcast – The Hidden Addiction with Lucy Gardner and Kev Cleland, YGAM

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In this Safeguarding Podcast with Lucy Gardner & Kevin Cleland of YGAM we discuss the convergence of gaming and gambling, the shared techniques of each to hook their users into what YGAM call the Hidden Addiction. Is gambling addiction the same as gaming addiction? The 2992% growth of e-Sports gambling during COVID lockdown, loot boxes, and […]

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Safeguarding Podcast – Red Card! with Tony Kelly

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In this SafeguardingPodcast with Tony Kelly, we discuss his life as a professional footballer, THAT goal, how his gambling addiction impacted his game and his book Red Card! A Bet You Can Win. We also discus the campaigning work he’s doing with Kelly’s Red Card Gambling Support Project CIC to help young footballers, the Gambling Act and

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Safeguarding Podcast – Porn Stars in Superhero Suits & Internet Gaming Disorder with Michiel Smit

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Welcome to another edition of the SafeToNet Foundation’s safeguarding podcast with Neil Fairbrother, exploring the law, culture and technology of safeguarding children online. In this Safeguarding Podcast with neuroscientist Michiel Smit we explore Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). We discuss what it is, the impact it has on different brain structures such as the Reward Network

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Safeguarding podcast – An analog law in a digital world, with Simone Vibert

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In this safeguarding podcast we discuss with Simone Vibert, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Analyst, the unique powers of the Children’s Commissioner’s Office, what they are and what they aren’t, the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on child online safety, the mental health services chasm, whether there’s a fundamental flaw in the Online Harms white paper

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