Renate Samson
@renatesamson.bsky.social
Longtime advocate, policy wonk, researcher and speaker about the impact of data driven tech and AI.
Currently immersed in researching young people’s digital lives and AI in education @AdaLovelaceInstitute and @Nuffield Foundation
Currently immersed in researching young people’s digital lives and AI in education @AdaLovelaceInstitute and @Nuffield Foundation
I’d love to chat with you about this
October 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I’d love to chat with you about this
To read the accompanying Data Commentary report head to www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...
Growing up online - Nuffield Foundation
www.nuffieldfoundation.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
To read the accompanying Data Commentary report head to www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...
3️⃣ Support could come in different forms. Young people called for better regulation, effective content moderation, more parent involvement, consistent school policies and safer digital spaces where they can be themselves.
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
3️⃣ Support could come in different forms. Young people called for better regulation, effective content moderation, more parent involvement, consistent school policies and safer digital spaces where they can be themselves.
2️⃣ Platforms are poorly regulated. Algorithms and online advertising often encourage addictive behaviours, intensify consumerism and leave young people frustrated by the manipulation and lack of control. Yet, some are finding ways to regain agency.
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
2️⃣ Platforms are poorly regulated. Algorithms and online advertising often encourage addictive behaviours, intensify consumerism and leave young people frustrated by the manipulation and lack of control. Yet, some are finding ways to regain agency.
We heard that:
1️⃣ Constant access to digital technologies is a double-edged sword. While it connects them to opportunities and communities, it can also amplify pressure, misinformation and overwhelm. For them, social media is essential to communication, making it hard to step away.
1️⃣ Constant access to digital technologies is a double-edged sword. While it connects them to opportunities and communities, it can also amplify pressure, misinformation and overwhelm. For them, social media is essential to communication, making it hard to step away.
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We heard that:
1️⃣ Constant access to digital technologies is a double-edged sword. While it connects them to opportunities and communities, it can also amplify pressure, misinformation and overwhelm. For them, social media is essential to communication, making it hard to step away.
1️⃣ Constant access to digital technologies is a double-edged sword. While it connects them to opportunities and communities, it can also amplify pressure, misinformation and overwhelm. For them, social media is essential to communication, making it hard to step away.
What we heard was fascinating and shows that while this generation may have been born into a connected world, being digital by default is not a choice they would necessarily make for themselves or others.
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What we heard was fascinating and shows that while this generation may have been born into a connected world, being digital by default is not a choice they would necessarily make for themselves or others.
The work - part of @nuffieldfoundation.org Grown Up? Journeys to Adulthood programme - has engaged with a spectrum of young people across the UK to tell us how digital technologies have shaped their lives, relationships and experience of growing up.
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The work - part of @nuffieldfoundation.org Grown Up? Journeys to Adulthood programme - has engaged with a spectrum of young people across the UK to tell us how digital technologies have shaped their lives, relationships and experience of growing up.
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Cory Doctorow has a word for that kind of 'do less and get less' approach to AI adoption: futurism.com/future-socie...
If it ends up getting fumbled, it'll be myopic money grabs that do it, not the tech itself.
If it ends up getting fumbled, it'll be myopic money grabs that do it, not the tech itself.
Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse
Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.
futurism.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Cory Doctorow has a word for that kind of 'do less and get less' approach to AI adoption: futurism.com/future-socie...
If it ends up getting fumbled, it'll be myopic money grabs that do it, not the tech itself.
If it ends up getting fumbled, it'll be myopic money grabs that do it, not the tech itself.
Oh and if you ever want to chat about A Foreign Affair m.imdb.com/title/tt0040... let me know
A Foreign Affair (1948) ⭐ 7.3 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
1h 56m | Approved
m.imdb.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Oh and if you ever want to chat about A Foreign Affair m.imdb.com/title/tt0040... let me know
Delighted that @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social has identified the same problem. Digital ID compounds smartphone dystopia
www.thetimes.com/article/bcc1...
www.thetimes.com/article/bcc1...
Digital ID compounds smartphone dystopia
Just as the world is understanding how damaging they are for our brains and souls, this plan makes them compulsory
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Delighted that @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social has identified the same problem. Digital ID compounds smartphone dystopia
www.thetimes.com/article/bcc1...
www.thetimes.com/article/bcc1...
It’s reference to supporting people who are older or can’t use a device that grinds my gears. Listening to GenZ talk about their digital lives, I heard many say they want to be free of devices. I guess encouraging young people to be device free is just when it suits rather than a consistent view
September 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It’s reference to supporting people who are older or can’t use a device that grinds my gears. Listening to GenZ talk about their digital lives, I heard many say they want to be free of devices. I guess encouraging young people to be device free is just when it suits rather than a consistent view