Stephen Balkam

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Apple’s Curate’s Egg

You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs, or so goes the saying. Apple’s recent privacy announcement included details about online child safety features that they intend to introduce is, we feel, to be broadly but not unquestionably welcomed. For too long the handset manufacturers, a key element of the Online Digital Context, have been […]

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Safeguarding podcast – Tools for Today’s Digital Parents with Stephen Balkam CEO FOSI

In this Safeguarding Podcast with Stephen Balkam CEO FOSI we discuss their report “Tools for Today’s Digital Parents” to keep their children safe online. We cover “resilience”, Age Verification, Parental Controls vs “SafetyTech”, the different attitudes towards and practices of online child safety by Millennial, Gen-X and Boomer parents, the six key takeaways from FOSI’s report

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Safeguarding podcast – the Brexit edition

In this Safeguarding Podcast we discuss Brexit and the impact it could have on the safeguarding of children in the online digital context. With contributions from Baroness Sal Brinton, President Liberal Democrats; Will Gardner, CEO Childnet International; David Wright, Director UK SIC & SWGfL; Rudd Apsey, Director Digital Policy Alliance; former Chief Superintendent Met Police Dal

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