The Baroness Kidron | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 26 June 2012 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Beeban Tania Kidron 2 May 1961 North London, England |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent |
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| Alma mater | National Film School |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, campaigner |
Beeban Tania Kidron, Baroness Kidron, OBE (born 2 May 1961),[citation needed] is a British politician. She is an advocate for children's rights in the digital world[1] and has played a role in establishing standards for online safety and privacy across the world.[2]
Baroness Kidron sits as a crossbench peer in the United Kingdom's House of Lords.[3] She is an advisor to the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University,[4] a commissioner on the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development,[5] and founder and chair of 5Rights Foundation.[6]
Before being appointed to the Lords, she was a film director and producer,[7] and founder of the charity Filmclub (now Into Film).
- ^ Singer, Natasha (27 August 2019). "The Baroness Fighting to Protect Children Online". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Scott, Mark (15 June 2023). "How a British baroness is shaping America's tech laws for kids". Politico. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "UK Parliament Website". parliament.uk. 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Advisory Council Committee Members". oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk. 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Our Commissioners". broadbandcommission.org. 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Our Team". 5rightsfoundation.com. 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Beeban Kidron". imdb.com. Retrieved 7 November 2023.