Dr. Mary Aiken:

If the Deputy likes gardening, he may get caught in a filter bubble that pushes gardening content or if he likes working out, the filter bubble might push gym wear and sports wear, but what happens when a child gets caught in a distorted filter bubble, say, for radicalisation or an eating disorder? Who is protecting the child then? The algorithm does not know it is dealing with a child. Why would parents hand over their 13 year olds to technology companies to raise them? I do not understand. If parents could understand what this is about, there would be uproar at these sites saying, "Give me your 13 year old". That is not acceptable because 13 year olds are children. Lobby groups have mentioned the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, but the convention states that a child is anybody aged under 18, not 13.