23: Can design make the internet safer?

Vicki and Geraldine talk to Sarah Drummond of design agency Snook about baking safety into the design of tech products and services. Talking points: How far can designers affect our online experiences?The internet - as designed so far - doesn’t always seem to be in our best interests so why should we trust designers?'Safety tech’ implies bolting tools onto existing services - is there a better way of thinking about designing for safety?Is tech innovation possible without making mistakes?Could...

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Tech Shock: Everything you always wanted to know about tech and family life.Podcasting from Parent Zone,the media literacy experts, host Vicki Shotbolt  explores the upsides and downsides of family life in the digital age. With a range of expert guests she looks at online harms to children ranging from pornography to gambling and at what should be done about them. Incurably optimistic, Vicki also celebrate the many benefits of tech for children and young people, as she considers how best to live in a world in which family life is now inescapably digital.Listen every Monday, subscribe, and give us a five star review.