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@risu.bsky.social
edtech and digital /cyber strategy/ advisor against tech enabled harm/ domestic abuse #edtech #education #harmreduction she/her
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· Oct 18
I like to re-share this picture of me presenting at Google to an audience including the FBI, because yes, I will fight for digital rights and better privacy and security by design. And I will have great hair while I rip apart tech bro work and egos. Especially edtech egos.
Yesterday I did a presentation on trusted adults and several children told me they use chat gpt for advice ..
In the same schools that recommend that product while ticking compliance boxes for “we covered radicalisation and disinformation”
The adults need the advice
In the same schools that recommend that product while ticking compliance boxes for “we covered radicalisation and disinformation”
The adults need the advice
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Yesterday I did a presentation on trusted adults and several children told me they use chat gpt for advice ..
In the same schools that recommend that product while ticking compliance boxes for “we covered radicalisation and disinformation”
The adults need the advice
In the same schools that recommend that product while ticking compliance boxes for “we covered radicalisation and disinformation”
The adults need the advice
What I find funny is allll the screen free parents watch this and even fetish material on TikTok and don’t see it for what it is
The BBC should have been stopped after this.
Big Cook Splash the crem fresh into little cook's face
YouTube video by Vikrant Arudchelvan
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
What I find funny is allll the screen free parents watch this and even fetish material on TikTok and don’t see it for what it is
All I will say is we have this moral panic about banning children from being online, while the U.K. prime minister enables YouTube memes with 6 year olds and we have a royal princess (so thin she’d be banned as a “pro ana” account years ago) doing “child mental health” visits.
It isn’t about safety
It isn’t about safety
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
All I will say is we have this moral panic about banning children from being online, while the U.K. prime minister enables YouTube memes with 6 year olds and we have a royal princess (so thin she’d be banned as a “pro ana” account years ago) doing “child mental health” visits.
It isn’t about safety
It isn’t about safety
If I have to see one more close up video of a dirty, un groomed bearded white dude in cyber security on my social media ..
Pls. Get these dudes some media training or maybe real job. Or just a shower and a Turkish barber
Pls. Get these dudes some media training or maybe real job. Or just a shower and a Turkish barber
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If I have to see one more close up video of a dirty, un groomed bearded white dude in cyber security on my social media ..
Pls. Get these dudes some media training or maybe real job. Or just a shower and a Turkish barber
Pls. Get these dudes some media training or maybe real job. Or just a shower and a Turkish barber
Social media is so dangerous that we need to get the entire population to age verify, which is why the Prime minister is reinforcing an internet meme with children too young to be online. According to his own policies.
Please make it make sense.
I tell you, the adults and their damn phones …
Please make it make sense.
I tell you, the adults and their damn phones …
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Social media is so dangerous that we need to get the entire population to age verify, which is why the Prime minister is reinforcing an internet meme with children too young to be online. According to his own policies.
Please make it make sense.
I tell you, the adults and their damn phones …
Please make it make sense.
I tell you, the adults and their damn phones …
Adults created a world of gamification, social media and an education system that teaches to tests.. and yet they want to blame children for attention spans and device addiction… babe..the adults are the problem
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Adults created a world of gamification, social media and an education system that teaches to tests.. and yet they want to blame children for attention spans and device addiction… babe..the adults are the problem
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tech companies don’t care about fines. This is however a great way to tie everyone’s online activity to their ID and to make money for sketchy age verification companies, who also get breached.
I don’t see how any of this is a win for ethics or child welfare
Tech companies don’t care about fines. This is however a great way to tie everyone’s online activity to their ID and to make money for sketchy age verification companies, who also get breached.
I don’t see how any of this is a win for ethics or child welfare
Australia's social media ban for kids under 16 - how will it work?
The world-first law aims to reduce the
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tech companies don’t care about fines. This is however a great way to tie everyone’s online activity to their ID and to make money for sketchy age verification companies, who also get breached.
I don’t see how any of this is a win for ethics or child welfare
Tech companies don’t care about fines. This is however a great way to tie everyone’s online activity to their ID and to make money for sketchy age verification companies, who also get breached.
I don’t see how any of this is a win for ethics or child welfare
unpacked4.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/k...
I certainly hope both of them get help with their addictions and mental health issues.
I certainly hope both of them get help with their addictions and mental health issues.
Kate Says Addiction Isn’t a Choice. William Says “Cheers!”
November 2025 Well, isn’t timing a funny old thing. Kate Middleton issued a statement declaring that “addiction is not a choice, or a personal failing, but a complex mental health condition.”…
unpacked4.wordpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
unpacked4.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/k...
I certainly hope both of them get help with their addictions and mental health issues.
I certainly hope both of them get help with their addictions and mental health issues.
Please could edtech ethics people do some background checks before they invite folk like this into our rooms
I’m tired of Sophie and others being recommended to me as “allies”
I’m tired of Sophie and others being recommended to me as “allies”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...
In February 2025, she spoke at a conference for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, alongside figures including Jordan Peterson, Nigel Farage and Peter Thiel.[35]
In February 2025, she spoke at a conference for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, alongside figures including Jordan Peterson, Nigel Farage and Peter Thiel.[35]
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Please could edtech ethics people do some background checks before they invite folk like this into our rooms
I’m tired of Sophie and others being recommended to me as “allies”
I’m tired of Sophie and others being recommended to me as “allies”
Every time I write or talk about this I get told by edtech governance advocates that I shouldn’t “be political”. But I am simply begging us to notice that the screen free/ age verification isn’t about child safety. And that is politics but I can say that neutrally without representing any party
Someone absolutely needs to do a dissertation on the appropriation of “child safety” in the policy sphere by affluent white elites on the political right wing.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Every time I write or talk about this I get told by edtech governance advocates that I shouldn’t “be political”. But I am simply begging us to notice that the screen free/ age verification isn’t about child safety. And that is politics but I can say that neutrally without representing any party
There is quite a bit of trafficking that goes on through the two main budget U.K. hotels. Men with very young girls. Has been for years. The police do nothing. People don’t believe me when I say this until they see it. Plain sight is where the worst crime happens
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
There is quite a bit of trafficking that goes on through the two main budget U.K. hotels. Men with very young girls. Has been for years. The police do nothing. People don’t believe me when I say this until they see it. Plain sight is where the worst crime happens
I need everyone who is a school board or governor to justify why they allow their school to keep using Meta( and Twitter )
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I need everyone who is a school board or governor to justify why they allow their school to keep using Meta( and Twitter )
My daughter is submitting her EPQ on ai in schools and we have had to buy every book about ai ethics as none of them are in the libraries. Not one single book on ai issues is available without a long wait. But there are plenty of “how to use ai” books. Just putting it out there
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
My daughter is submitting her EPQ on ai in schools and we have had to buy every book about ai ethics as none of them are in the libraries. Not one single book on ai issues is available without a long wait. But there are plenty of “how to use ai” books. Just putting it out there
U.K. schools need to confront the ableism that is also enabling surveillance edtech to harm students:
- 💯 attendance and no covid tests
- “turn to talk”
- “track the speaker”
-popcorn reading
- uniform that isn’t adaptive
All this creates a culture where harm is normalised
- 💯 attendance and no covid tests
- “turn to talk”
- “track the speaker”
-popcorn reading
- uniform that isn’t adaptive
All this creates a culture where harm is normalised
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
U.K. schools need to confront the ableism that is also enabling surveillance edtech to harm students:
- 💯 attendance and no covid tests
- “turn to talk”
- “track the speaker”
-popcorn reading
- uniform that isn’t adaptive
All this creates a culture where harm is normalised
- 💯 attendance and no covid tests
- “turn to talk”
- “track the speaker”
-popcorn reading
- uniform that isn’t adaptive
All this creates a culture where harm is normalised
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/68f998a...
It worries me that safe screens etc get meetings in Westminster but we can’t get anyone to discuss edtech data sharing
I don’t disagree with the issues around screens in schools and the lack of books. But Sophie is deliberately ignoring the edtech data issue
It worries me that safe screens etc get meetings in Westminster but we can’t get anyone to discuss edtech data sharing
I don’t disagree with the issues around screens in schools and the lack of books. But Sophie is deliberately ignoring the edtech data issue
Screens in schools doing ‘lifelong’ damage, Sophie Winkleman warns
Actress and campaigner says children’s intellectual capacity is being damaged by classroom tech
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/68f998a...
It worries me that safe screens etc get meetings in Westminster but we can’t get anyone to discuss edtech data sharing
I don’t disagree with the issues around screens in schools and the lack of books. But Sophie is deliberately ignoring the edtech data issue
It worries me that safe screens etc get meetings in Westminster but we can’t get anyone to discuss edtech data sharing
I don’t disagree with the issues around screens in schools and the lack of books. But Sophie is deliberately ignoring the edtech data issue
Reposted by Shell
To this, I'll add a personal reflection. The mostly Black schools I attended before Uni were run and staffed by Black educators who understood, to one degree or another, that we are at war against a society that wants us dead. Education was a sword and shield. The tech industry seeks to destroy this
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
To this, I'll add a personal reflection. The mostly Black schools I attended before Uni were run and staffed by Black educators who understood, to one degree or another, that we are at war against a society that wants us dead. Education was a sword and shield. The tech industry seeks to destroy this
I have a personal non scientific theory that at this time of year, there is a direct correlation between the number of “family/couple Christmas” pictures on social media and how unhappy that couple is. Usually at least one is cheating.
I hope that helps you feel better when you see it all.
I hope that helps you feel better when you see it all.
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I have a personal non scientific theory that at this time of year, there is a direct correlation between the number of “family/couple Christmas” pictures on social media and how unhappy that couple is. Usually at least one is cheating.
I hope that helps you feel better when you see it all.
I hope that helps you feel better when you see it all.
I remain forever disappointed in “online safety” advice for families being about banning phones and social media.
And very rarely about having conversations, explaining risks and reflecting as adults on what we trust
The adults are the ones who need the most advice, in my opinion
And very rarely about having conversations, explaining risks and reflecting as adults on what we trust
The adults are the ones who need the most advice, in my opinion
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I remain forever disappointed in “online safety” advice for families being about banning phones and social media.
And very rarely about having conversations, explaining risks and reflecting as adults on what we trust
The adults are the ones who need the most advice, in my opinion
And very rarely about having conversations, explaining risks and reflecting as adults on what we trust
The adults are the ones who need the most advice, in my opinion
People in schools often find it funny that I worked in tech and distrust much tech and all ai products
But I say it is like those people who work in food factories who tell you never to eat certain products or at certain restaurants.
Knowing how the sausage is made will turn you off
But I say it is like those people who work in food factories who tell you never to eat certain products or at certain restaurants.
Knowing how the sausage is made will turn you off
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
People in schools often find it funny that I worked in tech and distrust much tech and all ai products
But I say it is like those people who work in food factories who tell you never to eat certain products or at certain restaurants.
Knowing how the sausage is made will turn you off
But I say it is like those people who work in food factories who tell you never to eat certain products or at certain restaurants.
Knowing how the sausage is made will turn you off
I miss the relationships I had before people started using AI and arguing with me about how amazing it is.
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I miss the relationships I had before people started using AI and arguing with me about how amazing it is.
Side note that Duolingo uses the principles of coercive control and also enables gambling
And yet it is widely recommended
I have told my students that I hate that owl, but their choices are theirs
And yet it is widely recommended
I have told my students that I hate that owl, but their choices are theirs
If universities want to have more applicants for philology degrees and for students taking a language alongside other subjects, we need to get rid of the 2 year hiatus after GCSE where the only mainstream language learning option is Duolingo. www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/10/h...
How the manufactured narrative of ‘failure’ is distracting us from resolving the systemic problems holding back the study of Modern Languages – Part 2. - HEPI
This post was kindly written by Vincent Everett, who is head of languages in a comprehensive school and sixth form in Norfolk. He blogs as The Nice Man Who Teaches Languages. In Part 1, I looked at h...
www.hepi.ac.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Side note that Duolingo uses the principles of coercive control and also enables gambling
And yet it is widely recommended
I have told my students that I hate that owl, but their choices are theirs
And yet it is widely recommended
I have told my students that I hate that owl, but their choices are theirs
I feel like jail for accepting Russian bribes for man from the party leading the English polls should be a bigger story in the U.K.
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I feel like jail for accepting Russian bribes for man from the party leading the English polls should be a bigger story in the U.K.
I am so surprised that office parties still exist because absolutely no thank you.
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I am so surprised that office parties still exist because absolutely no thank you.
I really wish people would stop using substack
Especially to write about tech ethics or disinformation
Especially to write about tech ethics or disinformation
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I really wish people would stop using substack
Especially to write about tech ethics or disinformation
Especially to write about tech ethics or disinformation