Political Thinking with Nick Robinson 'We're appeasing the tech bros': Beeban Kidron, from film-maker to lawmaker
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Feb 20, 2026 
Beeban Kidron, filmmaker turned crossbench lawmaker known for award-winning films and tech campaigning. She recounts living with Greenham Common protesters and making Bridget Jones. She focuses on regulating tech to protect children, product-safety rules for platforms, threats to democracy from online radicalisation, and why Britain must stand up to Silicon Valley.
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We’re Late — Time For Action
- Beeban Kidron says society is 13 years late in confronting tech harms and must move from awareness to action.
- She warns ministers' claims that tech moves too fast are excuses for inaction on clear fixes.
Design Drives Addiction And Harm
- Kidron argues tech products deliberately create compulsive behaviours via design choices like dopamine loops.
- She connects those design choices to large-scale harms from addiction to radicalisation and harm to democracy.
Finding Voice Through A Camera
- As a child Beeban lost her voice for nine months after surgery and took up photography during sport lessons.
- That period taught her about power, framing, and finding a voice through images.