Social Media Dangers, Leading While Losing, and Eurovision
How can we protect children from the dangers of social media? How can we lead while losing? Has Eurovision gone for style over substance?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), John Stevens (National Director), and Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries) discuss some of the big stories in the news over the past fortnight.
00:00 - Introduction and FIEC news
05:47 - Social media regulation for children
10:13 - The impact of digital devices
16:51 - Local elections and leading when you're losing
21:22 - Defection and accepting
24:55 - Eurovision: substance or style?
Show notes
- FIEC Local Conferences (fiec.org.uk)
- FIEC Leaders' Conference (fiec.org.uk)
- Tech firms told to hide 'toxic' content from children (bbc.co.uk)
- Local election 2024 results: Labour adds to Tory misery with mayoral wins (bbc.co.uk)
- Natalie Elphicke: Labour insists ex-Tory MP is 'good fit' for party (bbc.co.uk)
- Eurovision: Malmo 2024 (eurovision.tv)
- Eurovision have banned Palestinian flags and symbols (nme.com)
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