Derek E. Baird
@derekeb.bsky.social
Chief Youth Officer | Kids Privacy | Author #GenZFrequency | Producer #BeingMePodcast | Disney Inventor Award | He/Him #kidtech
The UK Government plans to ban AI applications that digitally remove clothing or ‘nudify’ subjects in photos, especially those misused to generate nude images of children.
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IWF welcomes AI nudification app ban and on-device child protections
The Government’s VAWG Strategy will outline new measures to prevent nudes being sent, received, or shared on teens’ phones.
www.iwf.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The UK Government plans to ban AI applications that digitally remove clothing or ‘nudify’ subjects in photos, especially those misused to generate nude images of children.
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Feed your social brain.
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Scientists Just Discovered Why Some Brains Stay Decades Younger | Super Age
25-year research reveals how 90-year-old Super Agers keep the memory of 50-year-old. The key may be in the social brain.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Feed your social brain.
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These are the "good and decent people" who didn't survive the Reagan presidency.
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
These are the "good and decent people" who didn't survive the Reagan presidency.
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A textbook example of killing the messenger.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A textbook example of killing the messenger.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
Russ Vought’s cultish anti-science fervor will not slow or stop climate change. But it will help blind us to what’s coming. And how to stop it.
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WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
If there was ever a Monday night where we needed @chrislhayes.bsky.social to help make sense of the events of this hellish weekend (and today's SoCal terror plot)--it's today.
The Weekend just doesn't give me the same nerdy breakdown I love from @allinwithchris.bsky.social.
#MSNow
The Weekend just doesn't give me the same nerdy breakdown I love from @allinwithchris.bsky.social.
#MSNow
December 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If there was ever a Monday night where we needed @chrislhayes.bsky.social to help make sense of the events of this hellish weekend (and today's SoCal terror plot)--it's today.
The Weekend just doesn't give me the same nerdy breakdown I love from @allinwithchris.bsky.social.
#MSNow
The Weekend just doesn't give me the same nerdy breakdown I love from @allinwithchris.bsky.social.
#MSNow
If ever our country needed a Consoler-in-Chief, it's now.
Good god. Show some fucking decorum.
Good god. Show some fucking decorum.
December 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If ever our country needed a Consoler-in-Chief, it's now.
Good god. Show some fucking decorum.
Good god. Show some fucking decorum.
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If you're not following Marc Elias, you need to follow @marcelias.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
If you're not following Marc Elias, you need to follow @marcelias.bsky.social
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WATCH: "There are hundreds and hundreds of photos of women, of which some of those are very disturbing, and of which some of those are horrific in nature, and certainly sexual in nature," says Rep. Robert Garcia, discussing the photos handed over by the Epstein estate.
Unreleased Epstein images 'horrific in nature,’ says Dem rep
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
WATCH: "There are hundreds and hundreds of photos of women, of which some of those are very disturbing, and of which some of those are horrific in nature, and certainly sexual in nature," says Rep. Robert Garcia, discussing the photos handed over by the Epstein estate.
"[Teens] can’t really be their own person if somebody doesn’t have trust in them and let them have their own independence. It’s a necessity for somebody to be able to grow into their own person." --Tiffany, teen
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#ChildRights #WellbeingByDesign #kidtech
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#ChildRights #WellbeingByDesign #kidtech
The social media ban is just the start of Australia’s forthcoming restrictions – and teens have legitimate concerns
A host of other restrictions will affect social media use in the coming months. Our research shows teens worry about them – and will find a way around them.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"[Teens] can’t really be their own person if somebody doesn’t have trust in them and let them have their own independence. It’s a necessity for somebody to be able to grow into their own person." --Tiffany, teen
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#ChildRights #WellbeingByDesign #kidtech
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#ChildRights #WellbeingByDesign #kidtech
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
A+++++++++++++?
New data reveals GoFundMe's to raise money for necessities like rent, groceries, housing, and fuel surged 17% in the US in 2025.
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A+++++++++++++?
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Key Republicans are starting to prepare for the inevitable: the departure of Donald Trump from American politics.
So should Democrats.
So should Democrats.
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Key Republicans are starting to prepare for the inevitable: the departure of Donald Trump from American politics.
So should Democrats.
So should Democrats.
United Nations Human Rights has just launched a new OHCHR child-friendly webpage to support children as rights-holders and ensure they have direct access to information that concerns them.
Find out more here in English, French, and Spanish:
👉 bit.ly/4q64xR7
Find out more here in English, French, and Spanish:
👉 bit.ly/4q64xR7
Children’s rights: what they are and how we help
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December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
United Nations Human Rights has just launched a new OHCHR child-friendly webpage to support children as rights-holders and ensure they have direct access to information that concerns them.
Find out more here in English, French, and Spanish:
👉 bit.ly/4q64xR7
Find out more here in English, French, and Spanish:
👉 bit.ly/4q64xR7
A Sydney teen, age 15, who used a fake date of birth when creating an account, asked to verify their age with an age verification selfie before Wednesday’s ban takes effect.
Charlie quickly passed as "over 16."
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Charlie quickly passed as "over 16."
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Boy, 15, clears Snapchat’s visual age check ahead of Australia’s social media ban taking full effect
Sydney teen, who used fake date of birth when creating account, asked to verify age through selfie before Wednesday’s ban begins
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A Sydney teen, age 15, who used a fake date of birth when creating an account, asked to verify their age with an age verification selfie before Wednesday’s ban takes effect.
Charlie quickly passed as "over 16."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Charlie quickly passed as "over 16."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Blanket bans don't protect teens; they decide who gets hurt. Instead of removing vulnerable teens online, hold platforms accountable by mandating Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs) for social media and AI companies to prove they're not causing harm.
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I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off? | Ezra Sholl
As I come to terms with life as a quadriplegic, Instagram and TikTok are a reminder I’m not alone
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Blanket bans don't protect teens; they decide who gets hurt. Instead of removing vulnerable teens online, hold platforms accountable by mandating Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs) for social media and AI companies to prove they're not causing harm.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Canada just issued strong privacy protections for kids using edtech AI. Meanwhile, the US is about to ban states from regulating AI at all. Our students deserve better than a race to the bottom.
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#edtech #AI #childrights
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#edtech #AI #childrights
Canada Sets the Bar for Student AI Privacy. America Prepares to Eliminate It.
Why the forthcoming executive order on state AI regulation is a disaster for educational technology and child safety
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December 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Canada just issued strong privacy protections for kids using edtech AI. Meanwhile, the US is about to ban states from regulating AI at all. Our students deserve better than a race to the bottom.
derekebaird.medium.com/canada-sets-...
#edtech #AI #childrights
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#edtech #AI #childrights
Canada's privacy regulators call for strong protection of children's privacy in the development and use of educational technologies
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Protecting the privacy of children and youth through responsible use of educational technologies in the classroom - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Resolution of the Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) Privacy Commissioners and Ombuds with Responsibility for Privacy Oversight (FPT Privacy Regulators)
www.priv.gc.ca
December 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Canada's privacy regulators call for strong protection of children's privacy in the development and use of educational technologies
www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the...
www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the...
The BBC reports a 13-year-old girl took 5 minutes to put her mum’s photo in front of her phone camera & “it just let me through”. It said, "Thanks for verifying your age.”
Regulators and policymakers will never outsmart teens.
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Regulators and policymakers will never outsmart teens.
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Social media ban: Can you ban kids from social media? Australia is about to try
The law comes into effect this week but critics worry it can't be enforced - and shouldn't be either.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The BBC reports a 13-year-old girl took 5 minutes to put her mum’s photo in front of her phone camera & “it just let me through”. It said, "Thanks for verifying your age.”
Regulators and policymakers will never outsmart teens.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Regulators and policymakers will never outsmart teens.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
Disgusting.
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Disgusting.
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“Officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
Disgusting.
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Disgusting.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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After mailing over a thousand holiday care packages to troops, the nonprofit Boxes to Boots got back over 800. They were likely rejected due to stricter labeling requirements phased in by Customs and USPS in recent years.
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Why hundreds of care packages for overseas troops were returned to a Connecticut nonprofit
www.stripes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
After mailing over a thousand holiday care packages to troops, the nonprofit Boxes to Boots got back over 800. They were likely rejected due to stricter labeling requirements phased in by Customs and USPS in recent years.
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10000%
Garland and Wray were useless.
Garland and Wray were useless.
The pipe bomb suspect getting arrested by this dumbshit iteration of the FBI after 5 years just proves even more that the people in power over the last few years cared so little about getting to the bottom of the attempted coup of January 6th and just wanted to move on and hope things worked out.
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
10000%
Garland and Wray were useless.
Garland and Wray were useless.
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Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
