Prof. Mary Aiken
@maryCyPsy
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⚡️Cyberpsychology just went global ⚡️
I am now Prof. of Cyberpsychology & Chair of the Dept. of Cyberpsychology at Washington D.C.’s premier STEM University
@captechu
Your chance to do an online Masters in
#Cyberpsychology
Doctoral program to follow
👉
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@Kelly64kg
Kellie, you are such a kind & generous person 🙏
You recently donated your time to raise money for
#Neurodiversity
Ireland - that's active inclusiveness.
You have apologised for any misunderstanding - stay strong my 'Freedom of the City' friend - ignore the cyber pitchfork mob
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#Disinformation
this is not a "discussion"
@Kelly64kg
was clearly blindsided
Q.
#integrity
was this a paid promotional slot
@offtheball
?
Q.
#ethics
was this question raised in the pre-briefing?
Q.
#responsibility
having kicked off a massive cancel culture event what is
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I hope that
@SPARIreland
have the moral courage & integrity to support
@Kelly64kg
- when she has become the target of an orchestrated cancel culture event kicked off by
@NewstalkFM
who now have a duty of care to Kellie.
#BasicHumanCompassion
Public figures should not be targeted
.
@SPARIreland
Kellie Harrington is entitled to her opinion on immigration & diversity, however Spar Ireland has a responsibility to communities across Ireland to clarify and demonstrate that it’s opinions and attitudes are very different to its ambassador.
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🌔Strange times just got stranger 🌔
Last night "Pink Moon" over the lighthouse nearby
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Yay! 9/10. Will reframe.
Thx
@ratemyskyperoom
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The Medium Matters 🙏 Analysis of 170,000 young europeans finds that they are more likely to absorb information from printed books rather than screens - even though they have grown up surrounded by iPads and smartphones
@ucdgearyinst
@UCDLawSchool
@myIADT
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I met Rudy Giuliani over 20 years ago, a fearless, mob-busting prosecutor & popular Mayor of New York City
And now - well, its a pity.
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So excited to be part of HBO's 15 MINUTES OF SHAME doc premiering this Oct 7
@hbomax
- a roller-coaster ride through the world of public shaming
@maxjoseph
you have vision 🙏
@MonicaLewinsky
you are a warrior 🙌
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Finishing up US launch tour
#TheCyberEffect
trip highlight CBS this morning
@CBSThisMorning
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An overused expression, but, it is truly an honour to become a member of the
@INTERPOL_HQ
Global Cybercrime Expert Group. I am also an expert advisor to
@EC3Europol
Got to say it - here's to women (& girls) in
#Cyber
&
#STEM
@ICC_UEL
@UEL_News
@ucdgearyinst
@JuliaDavidson13
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Much confusion re Digital Age of Consent. It comes down to one simple fact. WHY! should our Irish children have less protection than kids in Britain, Germany, France & Holland? Vote 16!
@sinnfeinireland
@fiannafailparty
@labour
@BarryOSullivan
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How do you define
#CYBERCRIME
? Not so easy.
Our research just published found "there is no single clear, precise & universally accepted definition of cybercrime." Check out our new Framework 👇
@ICC_UEL
@JuliaDavidson13
#cyberpsychology
@CcdriverH2020
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The Digital Age of Consent in Ireland is now 16!!!!Thx to
@fiannafailparty
@labour
@sinnfeinireland
and all our supporters -special thanks to
@SenatorMcDowell
and my great friend and colleague
@BarryOSullivan
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Has to stop‼️ We cannot tolerate professional or academic targeting of the vulnerable online - there is simply too much of it.
Flippant comments can be very hurtful.
Vicky pls do come back to Twitter - you have an army of fans all rooting for you 🙌🙌
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✨What a Weekend✨83 have been awarded
#FreedomofCity
in 150 years - only 4 women
Very emotional to sign the same Honorary Roll Book as JFK, Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul II & Mother Theresa👇
#Cyberpsychology
#Safetytech
#CyberSecurity
@siliconrepublic
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Finally consequences for trolling ‼️
Victims felt like they were "under surveillance" - abusive messages often arrived after they had written an article or appeared on television/radio.
I know that feeling 😳
@MichelleMckM
@ciarakellydoc
@jenoconnell
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I am fortunate to live by the sea 🤗- and every single day it reenergizes and reinvigorates my mission
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"Until now, I never understood why you got so excited when someone walked past the house." 🐶😂
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My advice for 2020 - find your ✨ikigai✨the intersection of what you are good at & what you love doing💛
⭐️Passion
⭐️Mission
⭐️Vocation
⭐️Profession
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Absolutely delighted to receive the award of ‘Doctor Honoris Causa’ from the University Politehnica Bucharest
@upb1818
Days like today make all the hard work worthwhile
#Cyberpsychology
#BetterCyberSociety
@UEL_News
@ucdgearyinst
@JuliaDavidson13
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@SPARIreland
@Kelly64kg
Kellie is a kind & generous person. She recently donated her time to raise money for
#Neurodiversity
Ireland - that's active inclusiveness. She has apologised for any misunderstanding - I hope
@SPARIreland
supports her and creates a forum for meaningful discussion of the issues
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Just launched 🎉Chinese edition of my book
#TheCyberEffect
on the
#TheGreatWallofChina
1600"s to 2019 a long and winding path from the real world to Cyberspace🙏
#Cyberpsychology
#Humankind
@ucdgearyinst
@UCDLawSchool
@JuliaDavidson13
@MichelleMckM
@tanyagoodin
@lsrask
@RalphR3m1X
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Pretty funny - Twitter suspends United Nations Cybercrime account (DOB was date account was set up) UN Head of Cybercrime
@NeilWalsh_UN
doesn't really want to have to ask his Mum to intervene...but that's what Mums are for 😂
@BarryOSullivan
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“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people”
2021 could be the year of great ideas & great discussion 🌅
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🌟Today we had a virtual launch in Budapest of my book
#TheCyberEffect
🌟
Hungarian edition is titled
#Cyber
-Csapda which means the ‘CYBER TRAP’👇
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‘Bicycle bus’ 🚌 what a great idea 🙌
These Dutch “bicycle buses” are transporting 50+ kids getting the kind of exercise that leads to better learning, who DON’T need to be driven & dropped off by parents adding lots of local car traffic. Nijmegen, NL video via
@MartijnLi
HT
@urbanthoughts11
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Its been a 10 year journey: Prof. of the Practice👩🎓 Adj. Assoc. Prof UCD👩🎓 Hon. Prof. UEL👩🎓 Adj. Prof UCD👩🎓 & now Professor of Forensic Cyberpsychology UEL👩🎓
Just updated my Twitter bio👇
So grateful to have such wonderful colleagues 🙏
@JuliaDavidson13
@BarryOSullivan
@fipman
Delighted that Mary Aiken
@MaryCyPsy
is now a Prof of Forensic Cyberpsychology in the Dept of Law & Criminology, University of East London
@UEL_News
@SBL_UEL
Mary will be working with me as Co-Lead of the
@EU_H2020
Drivers of Cybercrime project.
Congrats Mary & welcome to UEL
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I am so fortunate to live by the sea, surrounded by nature. My work in cyberspace can be challenging & difficult.
Early morning walks absorbing the beauty of the ‘real-world’ are
invigorating & replenishing - the ultimate antidote 🤗
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@OxfordDiplomat
if you are displaying symptoms and from high risk group they will test - happy to fund it - if u need x
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So smooth and so good 🙌
The smooth and impressive way that
@AOC
cuts thru Zuck’s BS like butter is so satisfying to watch. It’s as if AOC was roasting 🥩 on a grill right on camera.
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At 6,999 followers 🙏 next person to follow me to make a nice even ✨7000 ✨ I will send them a signed copy of my book
#TheCyberEffect
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The "KISS CAM" almost got me😂😂😂 at the
#IrelvWales
Rugby match. Captain & all-time rugby legend Johnny Sexton was sitting in front of me. TV Cameras zoomed in & giant screens were filled with Johnny's beaming face (& me); I was inundated with messages from friends, family,
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Full moon 🌕 from my window - how can you not be inspired by this!
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Brilliant news!!!! Finally, politicians who understand the complexity of child welfare in cyberspace. FF to raise the Digital Age of Consent! Now, this is Cyber leadership! - Well done
@MichealMartinTD
@timmydooley
@AnneRabbitte
@OCallaghanJim
@ThomasByrneTD
@BarryOSullivan
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Delighted to become an Hon. Professor at the University of East London
@UEL_News
in Dept. of Law & Criminology. looking forward to working on some cutting edge cybercrime research with Prof. Davidson
@JuliaDavidson13
@EC3Europol
@INTERPOLWorld
@NCA_UK
#ForensicCyberpsychology
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This is my month for "Keys" to everything 🔑🗝️😂
First 'Keys to the City of Dublin' & now award from
#Guinness
@DiageoIreland
bestowing me "lifetime access to the Guinness Storehouse" for making "the Internet a safer and more secure place"
So cool -giant key is dated 1759👇
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Living with
#COVID19
👇
🔅Wash your hands🙌
🔅Clean your phone📱
🔅Self isolate if unwell 😷
🔅Avoid click bait alerts & social media hysteria 😱
🔅Don't let coronavirus tip society into panic 😱😱😱
🔅Keep calm and carry on 🙏
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The Digital Age of Consent in Ireland is now 16! Thx to
@fiannafailparty
@labour
@sinnfeinireland
and all our supporters - special thanks to my great friend and colleague
@BarryOSullivan
thx also to
@olivercallan
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My Great Dane Ben (aka Baby Ben) - “if I keep 3 paws 🐾 on the floor I am not really on the couch” 😂
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💥Spectacular 💥 result just now in the Irish Seanad as our Children’s Digital Protection Bill passes ALL STAGES!! and will now go to the Dail to become law 🙌🙌🙌🙌
@SenJoanFreeman
@GCraughwell
@SenatorMcDowell
@ucdgearyinst
@UEL_News
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Very clever piece - gets to the core of the online curated & manipulated self versus real world self
@SeanMoncrieff
Does Leo Varadkar actually exist?
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✨Dublin bay lights up✨
As a nation the people of Dublin stand together in solidarity against
#COVID
ー19 to
#ShineYourLight
For all the people who are sick, and for those who have lost their lives and their loved ones.
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‼️ Urgent last chance to apply - closing 5th July ‼️
Amazing opportunity for Research Fellow to work with
@JuliaDavidson13
& I on the biggest EU funded study of human drivers of cybercrime to date.
Join world leading cyber researchers
@UEL_News
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Think I have the attention of this audience 🤍🖤
Have a great Sunday
#greatdanes
#dogsarefamily
#dogsarelove
#dogsoftwitter
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Prioritizing “Well-Being” Over economic gain
“When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money.”
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From my Hong Kong hotel window, giant shipping containers as far as the eye can see (!) this now exemplifies our species, excessive consumption, depletion of natural resources, polluting & transporting endless junk across the oceans - stuff that most of us do not want, or need 🙁
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Very productive meeting today on all things cyber
@defenceforces
Thank you to our host Brigadier General Adrian Ó Murchú
@DF_ACOS
& Vice Admiral Mellett
@DF_COS
for facilitating
@jamesmwhite
@neil_sere
@OPS2020IRL
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@JolyonMaugham
Unnecessary & does nothing for women - give me
@AOC
‘s polished & considered rhetoric anyday over this...
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🎇Freedom of the City of Dublin 🎇 Such an honour!
Thank you Lord Mayor - this award highlights the importance of online safety & security
#SafetyTech
Congrats Ailbhe & Kellie 🙌
@ucdgearyinst
@ICC_UEL
@UEL_News
@captechu
Honoured to propose for the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin - Ailbhe Smyth for work on human rights & social justice, Prof Mary Aiken
@maryCyPsy
for work in cyberpsychology and online safety & security and Kellie Harrington for community work and sporting achievements.
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Two
#Cryptographers
, a
#Cyberpsychologist
& the White House
Our
@Paladincap
Xmas party
@TheHayAdams
🥳🎉🎄
- with brilliant
#AbuDhabi
scientist Dr Najwa Aaraj & NSA National Cryptologic School Commandant Diane Janosek
#womeninSTEM
#womenempowerment
#SafetyTech
#cybersecurity
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Delighted to support important new UK regulatory regime protecting under-18s online in terms of physical mental & moral development
#safetytech
@JuliaDavidson13
& I are Co-leads
@ICC_UEL
research commissioned by
@Ofcom
to support consultation process 👉
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Excellent, well considered, extremely well researched article by
@jenoconnell
Highlights my policy work in this important area & the series of Bills I will help to draft "tackling online harms...legislation to address pornography and gambling sites accessible by minors"
Ana Kriégel murder: What it taught us about bullying, porn and the challenge of keeping our children safe online
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“Hey all you cool cats & kittens - Mary here from little hen rescue” Sorry couldn’t resist 😂🤣
#TigerKingNetflix
Fitted light sensor door
#LowTech
@JuliaDavidson13
@BarryOSullivan
@OxfordDiplomat
@olivercallan
@mickmoran
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One for you
@OxfordDiplomat
😂
“As far as I’m aware she does not have any degree in economics.”
“I was and I remain a professor of economics.”
This is what happened when a Brexit Party MEP questioned the expertise of Green MEP Molly Scott Cato over post-Brexit trade.
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This is what back to school looks like for Korean children 👇
Not sure if any country is factoring in the long term developmental impact of social distancing practices in this impressionable & psychologically vulnerable age group?
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‼️ SCREEN FREE UNTIL THREE ‼️ I have argued this for over a decade and now study supports evidence of harm. Not opinion, not manipulation of stats, not misguided screen-time libertarianism - just hard science.
#ForensicCyberpsychology
#OnlineHarms
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Dropped into
@harvardcoop
Harvard’s legendary bookstore - and there nestled like an elf on the shelf - found my book
#TheCyberEffect
🤗 ( centre -second shelf )
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Just checking up on myself in cyberspace
#DigitalExhaust
Top result for 'Mary Aiken Husband' is George Eads 😍
( played Nick Stokes on the
#CSI
Series).
Got that one right
#AI
👏👏👏 Not 🤣😂🤣
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‼️
@Netflix
‼️ This image is NOT simply "inappropriate artwork"
‼️ For those of us who work frontline in child protection - hypersexualization of KIDS is problematic
‼️ Normalisation & socialisation of deviant interest in minors is NOT entertainment
#Notcute
#OnlineHarms
We're deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignonnes/Cuties. It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which won an award at Sundance. We’ve now updated the pictures and description.
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🎉Some terrific news- 5 million euro H2020 grant🎉
@JuliaDavidson13
& I are are lead investigators with a consortium awarded EU H2020 grant to investigate human drivers of cybercrime
Our thx to
@NeilWalsh_UN
@fipman
@EC3Europol
& Doug
@INTERPOL_GCI
@UEL_News
#Cyberpsychology
Very pleased that
@maryCyPsy
and I are collaborating on a major EU H2020 grant exploring the drivers of cybercrime. Led by Trilateral Research. Building on our youth pathways into cybercrime research
@UEL_News
@SBL_UEL
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Compulsory age checks for children using social media - finally 👇
Social media firms will have to introduce compulsory age checks using official ID such as passports or biometrics like fingerprints under proposals by the children’s commissioner.
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I was interviewed this morning on Virgin Media TV
@IrelandAMVMTV
by ex-rugby legend
@TommyBowe
on the latest
@bankofireland
research into a surge in
#cybercrime
Remember to combat
#cyberfraud
apply 'Zero Trust'
👉"Never Trust - Always Verify" 👈
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Birds flying high
You know how I feel
Sun in the sky
You know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by
You know how I feel
New dawn
New day
New life
New decade
Feeling good
2020 - here’s to a better Cyber Society
#OnlineHarms
#Screentime
#Addiction
#SafetyTech
#GreaterGood
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What a great line 👏👏👏 “ I haven’t banned the internet. I just don’t want it in my kids' pockets”
@jenoconnell
@JuliaDavidson13
@DrJonGoldin
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✨Another big day in Cyberspace!✨
Delighted to author the opening chapter in the first academic book on "Cyberpsychiatry." Chapter title: "Nature, Structure, Impact, and Science of Cyberspace."
@ICC_UEL
@UEL_News
@RoySocMed
@rcpsych
@RcpsychCAP
@psychmag
@APA
#cyberpsychiatry
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When your Great Dane squeezes onto the bench to join in your morning meditation 😂 💛☀️
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Boom! Finally
@FineGael
is stepping up in Cyberspace. Big result for those of us who have been longterm child protection campaigners - given recent news cycle lets hope its not a PR response to a very important issue.
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The Wild Wild West of Ireland 🙌
It is certainly stormy weather off the Sligo Coast. Photo by Darragh Gorman
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New study! Higher levels of screen time in children aged 24 & 36 months associated with poor performance on a screening measure assessing achievement of development milestones. NB issues with memory, attention and language skills
@ciarakellydoc
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☀️beautiful day in LA ☀️just had a meeting at William Morris Entertainment
@WME
Super exciting times ahead for
#TheCyberEffect
#Hollywood
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I will be on
@SaturdayRTE
now to discuss the current humanitarian crisis of online harm - I am currently working with the UK Gov on this matter
#DCMS
check out the Online Harm White Paper
@JuliaDavidson13
@BarryOSullivan
@MichelleMckM
@jenoconnell
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Celebrating 50 years of the Internet 🥳🙌🥳🙌
Delighted to take part in Brazil's Globo TV documentary -Broadcast to 40 million viewers in South America & Yes authors do read their own books🤣
#TheCyberEffect
@UEL_News
@insight_centre
@TheWilsonCenter
@michaelrsteed
#Cyberpsych
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‘DER CYBER EFFECT’ - How cool is that! Just published in Germany - delighted 🤗
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Fight for the things you care about but do it in a way that will lead others to join you’ 🙌
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice & liberal icon - American hero 🙏
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“We have been here before with the tobacco industry and asbestos...Irish State has failed in its duty of care to protect children and young people from online harms.”
Off to London now speaking at
#FutureTechForum
#SafetyTech
@ICC_UEL
@DCMS
@gkfrancis
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👉"There are only two industries that call their customers ‘users’: illegal drugs and software"
#Netflix
👉
#TheSocialDilemma
a wake-up call ⏰for online harm deniers
👉Covers a lot of the ground first raised in my 2016 book
#TheCyberEffect
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What a difference a month makes!! 🙌
#BabyGreatDane
8 weeks to 12 weeks 💛
Puppy Jagger 5kg to 15kg 🙌
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✨A Giant Step Forward in Cyberspace✨
Proud to have worked on this landmark UK gov
@DCMS
report with
@JuliaDavidson
1st step in the creation of a new sector to tackle
#OnlineHarms
We have
#Fintech
#HealthTech
& now
#SafetyTech
@UEL_News
@ucdgearyinst
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My
#GreatDane
puppy
#Jagger
is growing up fast - now 18 months! Teaching him to “Stack” for dog shows( that’s stand for judges)
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What a tragic mess - just how much responsibility will
@Twitter
accept?
We need to address
#OnlineHarms
& the normalisation and socialisation of problem behaviour online
There is a symbiotic relationship between cyberspace & the real-world - evidence is hidden is plain sight
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Unlocking my phone with Face ID - not working that well with PPE 😷
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Thx
@LordMayorDublin
“keys to the city”of Dublin Ire with 2 fab women
#FreedomoftheCity
@ailbhes
&
@kelly64kg
🙌🙌
#Fighters
Song stuck in my head 😂
🎵”Makes me that much stronger, Makes me work a little bit harder, Makes me that much wiser, So thanks for making me a fighter”🎵
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Following a record breaking world tour
#EdSheeran
🙏one of the nicest guys in the business - is taking a well deserved break 🙌🙌🙌🙌 hopefully will have some time to read his copy of
#TheCyberEffect
📖 😄
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