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The SafeToNet Foundation's Safeguarding Podcasts focus on safeguarding children in the online digital context. We cover the law, culture and technology of topics such as cyber-abuse, cyberbullying, sexting, sextortion, grooming, digital wellbeing and how to keep children safer online.
Exploring the human relationship with technology. Discover how leaders across industries evolve to love, appreciate and thrive in the rapidly changing digital era. Inspirational thought leaders share their insight in digital wellbeing and ethical use of behavior science in technology.
In this Safeguarding Podcast we review 2020's Safeguarding Podcasts with contributions from Sheila Taylor MBE, Baroness Sal Brinton, Sonya Ryan, Fred Langford, Ernie Allen, Anna Borgstrom, Lianna McDonald, Rick Lane, Professor Michael Salter, John Tanagho, Jenny Greensmith-Brennan, John Carr OBE, Susie Alegre & Sonia Livingstone OBE.…
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Episode 224: Editors Choice - Yuan Wang : Civilization 2.0
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To kick off the New Year we are sharing an Editor's Choice - Yuan Wang : Civilization 2.0. Be sure to join us January 19th for a brand new episode of Evolving Digital Self. Dr. Heidi and Yuan Wang, the Manifestation Architect, talk blockchain, distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and upleveling to Civilization 2.0. Yuan Wang is a futurist, technol…
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Porn stars in Superhero Suits: Internet Gaming Disorder with Michiel Smit
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In this Safeguarding Podcast with neuroscientist Michiel Smit we explore Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). We discuss what it is, the impact it has on different brain structures such as the Reward Network especially within the developing adolescent brain, how addiction in general works, purposefully addictive game design and compare IGD with cocaine …
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Episode 223: Encore of Jonathan “Santa JG” Meath – On Being Santa
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This is a Special Christmas Encore Presentation of Dr. Heidi interviewing her cousin, Jonathan “Santa JG” Meath, an Effervescent Personality, Television Producer, & Professional Santa Claus. Jonathan Meath is an award–winning American TV producer based in Boston, currently living in Hawaii, who is notable for earning numerous Emmy nominations and a…
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Freedom of Thought: the Forgotten Right with Susie Alegre
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In this Safeguarding Podcast with Susie Alegre, international human rights lawyer and Barrister Associate at Doughty Street Chambers, we discuss Facebook's mind-machine interface. What impact does this have on our rights to private thought? Does this make the “Forgotten Right” even more of an imperative than it should be today? What relevance does …
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Episode 222: Tim Panagos – COVID19 Contact Tracing with AI Enabled Wearable
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Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste interviews Tim Panagos, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Microshare.io. Tim Panagos is an entrepreneur, philosopher, engineer, and co-founder and Chief Technology Office at Microshare.io, which combines wireless data sources to allow better decision making while respecting the privacy of the individuals. Microshare's…
In this safeguarding podcast we discuss with Lydia Grace of the Samaritans their industry guidelines for managing self-harm and suicide content on websites and how to keep vulnerable people safe online. What was the motivation behind these guidelines? Is self-harming an effective coping strategy? What's the difference between "helpful" and "harmful…
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Episode 221: Amy Schuber - Clearing Chaos and Anxiety
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Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste interviews Amy Schuber, an Energy Healer, Intuitive Business Strategist and Podcast Host of Inspired Conversations. For over a decade, Amy has been successfully coaching, business owners, entrepreneurs & individuals on building, growing and sustaining a prosperous life, career or business while staying grounded and connected. …
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The COVID Impact with Sheila Taylor MBE NWG Network
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COVID has of course impacted us all, but children especially so and in many different ways. Based on her presentation at the 2020 Inside Government's Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation conference, in this Safeguarding Podcast we discuss with Sheila Taylor MBE, CEO of the NWG Network, the impact of COVID on children, children's services, child sexua…
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Episode 220: Rijul Arora – Millennial Digital Wellbeing Advocate
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Dr. Heidi talks with Rijul Arora, Digital Well Being Advocate and Practitioner. Rijul is a technology enthusiast working on building a better working world through technology. But, he's a millennial who’s been on both sides of the table-completely addicted to technology, left it and now he has a healthy relationship with technology. This transition…
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Parenting for a Digital Future with Sonia Livingstone OBE
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In this safeguarding podcast we discuss with Sonia Livingstone OBE her book "Parenting for a Digital Future". How can parents derive maximum benefit for their children from the phenomenon of the risk-infused online space and digital technology in general? Is "screen time" relevant? Is it true that today's children, born into a world with an iPad ho…
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Episode 219: Anjel B Hartwell, Names as Identity and Brand, Sharing Art with POD
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Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste chats with Anjel B Hartwell, known as The Wealthy Life Mentor, is an internationally known artist, author & evolutionary alchemist. Honored as a Be The Change “Movement To Watch” Award Winner and considered one of America’s Premier Experts, she has appeared multiple times in the major media and is the Creator, Executive Produc…
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The Age Appropriate Design Code with Steve Wood, ICO
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In this Safeguarding Podcast I'm joined by Steve Wood, Deputy Commissioner and Executive Director of the Information Commissioner's Office to discuss the Age Appropriate Design Code. Online data sits at the heart of the digital services that children use every day. From the moment a young person opens an app, data is gathered about them. What is th…
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Episode 218: Nona Yehia - Food and Community Vertical Harvest
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Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste chats with Nona Yehia, Co-Founder & CEO of Vertical Harvest. An architect and entrepreneur, Nona conceptualized and built Vertical Harvest, the first vertical hydroponic greenhouse in the world. Following her passion for local food and experiences growing up with a brother with developmental disabilities, Nona coached Vertical…
In this safeguarding podcast with John Carr OBE, we discuss how the EU went wrong with GDPR, the EU's new ePrivacy regulation and how it will make CSAM detection innovation illegal. We ask what is WhoIs and why is this important? We also discuss how social media companies have dodged the requirement for parental consent and ask, given that the UK i…
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Lock them up and throw away the key with Jenny Greensmith-Brennan, Safer Lives
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In this safeguarding podcast with Jenny Greensmith-Brennan of Safer Lives, we ask is there a way other than prison of dealing with offenders? Is prison effective and is it offenders' biggest fear? What is the balance between retribution and justice? Is offender rehabilitation possible? What is the impact on the family of an abuser looking at images…
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The Digital Sweetshop with Baroness Beeban Kidron
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In this safeguarding podcast with Baroness Beeban Kidron of 5Rights, we discuss the rights of children online. What are the moral and legal obligations of businesses as far as children are concerned? How can large scale digital service providers encapsulate children's rights as defined by the UN CRC into their services? What are Age Appropriate Dig…
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The Supply & Demand of Encrypted Live Child Sex Abuse with John Tanagho IJM
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In this safeguarding podcast John Tanagho of the International Justice Mission, IJM, discusses the Supply and Demand of privacy-enabled encrypted "Pay Per View & Direct" live streaming of child sexual abuse. Which are the Demand-side countries and which are the Supply-side countries? What are the socio-economic factors that create a market for pred…
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Episode 217: Alden Forbes & Graham Campbell: Gen Z Perspective on Tech’s Influence on Defining Their Futures
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Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste chats with Brown sophomore, Jabberwok and lead singer for Falling Walrus, Alden Forbes, and her friend an amazingly talented triple threat from Julliard, Graham Campbell. In this conversation we talk about growing up with social media, being and following influencers, mental health, presence, quarantine perspectives, life choi…
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It's an unfathomable thing, with Greg Louie Principal Saratoga High School
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In this Safeguarding Podcast we discuss the issues for online safety that COVID19 has brought to Saratoga High School, USA. Principal Greg Louie discusses how his school has adapted to the challenges for the online safety of children while remote learning, how disadvantaged children are helped, the EdCode, WASC vs Ofsted and how teachers themselves…
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Episode 216: James Roberts, Amputee Transformational Coach
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Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste chats with James Roberts, transformation coach helping fellow amputees lose 10lbs + by trade. An elite Paralympic athlete for just over a decade. Represented Great Britain at countless World Championships and 2 Paralympics Games (Beijing 2008 and London 2012) to just name a few. James was born with a congenital disability call…
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The Marquis de Sade, the Libertines and the Internet with Professor Michael Salter
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In this Safeguarding podcast we discuss the organised sexual abuse of children. Beyond the lurid headlines, how common is organised sexual abuse? What are the contexts in which organized abuse takes place? What indeed are the impacts on the victim? What part does the internet and social media play in its enactment? And what does the 18th century wr…
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Episode 215: Laura Burton - Internet Marketing Strategist, Consultant
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Laura Burton is an internet marketing strategist. She has successfully helped over 15,000 business owners put their advertising dollars to good use to increase sales and build their businesses online. She knows what works and how to get results with internet marketing. Laura saw the devastation business owners suffered through online industry chang…
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The UN CRC, SDGs & VNRs with UN SRSG VAC Najat Maalla M’jid
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In this safeguarding podcast we discuss with Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence Against Children, Najat Maalla M’jid, the UN CRC, what it is and the 4 under-pinning General Principles, the Optional Protocols, the Sustainable Development Goals especially SDG16, and the impact of COVID on meeting the 2030 targets. Also, VN…
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Episode 214: Summer Felix-Mulder - Creative Solutions for Communication
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Dr. Heidi talks with Summer Felix-Mulder, CEO and Founder of The Draw Shop. Summer is an entrepreneur, author and podcast host. Summer has been in the marketing arena for decades, holds creative degrees from Pepperdine University and loves writing, being a mom, step mom, wife and all things marketing and storytelling. At her company The Draw Shop, …
In this safeguarding podcast we discuss the fledgling Online SafetyTech Industry Association, OSTIA, with its Chair Ian Stevenson. Can a UK tech collective effectively tackle the Online Harms that US social media companies can't, or won't? Has "the internet" reached a Strategic Inflection Point and what would that mean? Is the UK Government breachi…
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Episode 213: Dr Anastasia Dedyukhina – Founder of Consciously Digital
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Dr. Heidi talks with Dr Anastasia Dedyukhina is a digital wellness coach, Huffington Post blogger, author of Homo Distractus and a TEDx speaker. She got rid of her smartphone as well as her senior international career in digital marketing, when she realised how dependent she had become on her gadget. Dr Dedyukhina is the founder of Consciously Digi…
In this safeguarding podcast we talk to Rabbi Diana Gerson about the Jewish faith and its role in safeguarding children online, as well as Rabbi Gerson’s interfaith approach to the issue. Shomrim, mesirah, halakha, Yiddishkeit and how being more like Moses are all explored in relation to safeguarding children in the online digital context.…
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Episode 212: Tracy Paye – Miss Organized on Feng Shui
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Dr. Heidi talks with Tracy Paye, Founder of Miss Organized. Tracy is a Certified Professional Organizer, Feng Shui Practitioner and Productivity Coach. Since the age of 12, Tracy has used her gift of creating order out of chaos to transform hundreds of homes and thousands of lives. A leading authority on the hows of organizing and the whys of clutt…
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It's a cesspool - a discussion with NCOSE
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In this safeguarding podcast we talk with Eleanor Kelly Gaetan, Director of Government Relations for the National Centre on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) about the American legal system and US Federal legislation which is passed will have global ramifications. Although the EARN IT Act has bi-partisan support, "big tech is pretending that it cares abo…
In this safeguarding podcast we discuss with Director of Perspective Economics Sam Donaldson, the DCMS sponsored inaugural report on the UK SafetyTech industry. Forwarded by Caroline Dinenage, the Minister of State for Digital and Culture, the report defines SafetyTech and explores its aims and ambitions, its funding, value and growth. Who are the …
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Episode 211: Lori Lyons, Entrepreneurial Swivel
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Dr. Heidi talks with website designer and digital marketer – Lori Lyons. Lori is a non technical person in a technical world. She is the owner and creative director of Ignite Marketing, a website design and digital agency. Her program, Make Your Marketing Simple, helps confused Encore Entrepreneurs navigate today’s marketing and technical maze. She…
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An Analog Law in a Digital World: an interview with Simone Vibert
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In this safeguarding podcast we discuss with Simone Vibert, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Analyst, the unique powers of the Children's Commissioner's Office, what they are and what they aren't, the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on child online safety, the mental health services chasm, whether there's a fundamental flaw in the Online Harms whit…
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Episode 210: Thom Singer – Saving Virtual Events from BLAH BLAH BLAH
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Dr. Heidi talks with Human Connection Catalyst – Thom Singer. Thom Singer is an advisor to executives, a speaker and content creator. After a successful career in sales and marketing, he became a growth leadership speaker in 2009. A decade later he has brought his high energy presentations and action-oriented content to over 950 audiences. Thom kno…
In this safeguarding podcast we discuss with Iain Thomas Deputy Head of The Foundry College PRU, the devastating effect smart phones can have on children, how they are ensnared into County Lines and the impact this has on the child's education, attainment and on the College. We also discuss the impact of COVID-19 and the incredible outcomes the Col…
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Episode 209: Claudia Muehlenweg – Holistic Vision
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Dr. Heidi talks with Claudia Muehlenweg (moo-lan-weg), Natural Vision Improvement Coach and Founder & CEO of Holistic Vision. Claudia Muehlenweg, founder & CEO of Holistic Vision, always hated her glasses and has made it her mission to help others see clearly naturally… just like she has done. Through webinars, online programs, a membership and pri…
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Agents of the State: a discussion with Rick Lane
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In this safeguarding podcast we discuss with Rick Lane, formerly “the point person for cleaning up MySpace”, the legal issues around Section 230 and why social media platforms are fighting any change to the status quo which provides them with immunity from liability from what's on their platforms and we reach a startling and frightening conclusion …
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Episode 208: Marc Guberti – Breakthrough Success
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Dr. Heidi talks with Marc Guberti is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author with over 100,000 students in over 180 countries enrolled in his online courses. He hosts 3 podcasts and several evergreen virtual summits where he teaches people how to grow their businesses and achieve personal transformations. He coaches authors, speakers…
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Missing the Target: A discussion with Anna Borgstrom of NetClean
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In this safeguarding podcast we discuss the prevalence of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in the corporate IT environment, it's scale and impact. We discover that IT teams typically don't have the specialist systems in place to find this illegal content, and that processes and procedures are inadvertently designed to make matters worse. What can…
A review of the some of the safeguarding news stories from last month. In this edition we speak with co-host Sarah Castro MBE about the IICSA, the NCA and John Carr's Cappers.By The SafeToNet Foundation
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Episode 207: David Adelson – Peace & Harmony Company
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Dr. Heidi talks with David Adelson, Product Development, Peace And Harmony Company. David's Master’s degree Advisors thought he should be a stand-up comic. Instead, he remained a lifelong healer, author, meditation teacher and developer, creating 700+ products and programs founded in consciousness and wholeness, He spent decades studying Quantum Ph…
In this safeguarding podcast we discuss Project Arachnid with Lianna McDonald Senior Executive of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. We cover the "Continuum of Abuse", the five different types of responses from service providers to hosting CSAM, the concept of "follow the money", the CCCP's Framework for Action, the Phoenix 11 and Project Ar…
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Episode 206: Devi Adea – Spiritual Awakenings
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Dr. Heidi talks with Devi Adea is a spiritual entrepreneur and creator of the popular Podcast on Purpose Online Academy. Devi works with Spiritual Entrepreneurs and Conscious Leaders to help them embrace their soul’s purpose, upgrade their consciousness, and share their message and mission with the world through their own media platform and/or soul…
Dr. Heidi talks quarantine tips in the rise of fears and anxiety around coronavirus (COVID19) global spread. KINDNESS MENTAL HEALTH - Unlocking of WithHope by Enlyte – download the enlyte app for stigma free and remote mental health treatment and support. In state of emergency there can be no recovery without mental health support. If you are suffe…
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Hackable Humans with Stephen Balkam CEO FOSI
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Strangers in the mind of the Child with Ernie Allen
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Episode 204: Dr. Meg Van Deusen – Stressed in the US
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The Global Threat Assessment with Nick Newman, PA Consulting
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Episode 203: Kane Russell - Using Neurostimulation to Boost Physical Performance and Learning
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