“Children are little pots of gold to the tech industry…” Ben Kingsley, Legal Director SafeScreens
The classroom teddy bear is regulated more tightly than the iPads and Chromebooks being handed to children. Let that sink in.
In this clip Ben Kingsley from SafeScreens explains the absurd gap in child safety protections inside our classrooms, where EdTech is being rolled out with almost no meaningful oversight and a staggering lack of regulation.
This didn’t happen by accident.
The contagion for EdTech in the classroom is a business opportunity and the legislative framework is not fit to hold back the tech companies ambitions. EdTech is a powerful, fast-growing industry, and children have become “little pots of gold” in a system where the laws have failed to keep up.
Right now:
– EdTech products don’t have to prove they’re safe
– They don’t have to prove they actually improve learning
– Parents are given little say, and few safeguards
– Teachers are far better protected than children when using screens in schools
We are working to empower parents; to require EdTech providers to assess the safety and educational efficacy of the products they are pushing into our schools; and to lobby Parliament to update the existing laws.
You can help by signing the SafeScreens petition.
We’re calling on the government to:
👉 Pause pupil-facing 1:1 devices and EdTech
👉 Require independent proof of safety and educational benefit
👉 Put children’s wellbeing before commercial interests
