'Insidious' tech firms must protect children online, says campaigner

Beeban Kidron says technology companies cannot continue prioritising freedom of expression over safeguarding young people

A leading children's rights campaigner has labelled technology companies "insidious" for putting freedom of expression above the need to protect young people from abuse online.

Beeban Kidron, a film-maker and member of the House of Lords, said it was scandalous that the rights of children, enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, were not protected online.