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Woman's Hour: Israel-Gaza war, Talking on the phone, Online safety, Baby stealers in Kenya

Israel-Gaza war, Talking on the phone, Online safety, Baby stealers in Kenya

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Israel-Gaza war, Talking on the phone, Online safety, Baby stealers in Kenya

Latest update on the Online Safety Bill which is soon to become law.

Using the phone: Is this a dying art? And the latest update on the Online Safety Bill which is soon to become law.

As the war in Israel and Gaza heads into its 10th day, Emma talks about the role of hostages in this conflict with Rachel Briggs the CEO of Clarity Factory and an associate fellow at Chatham House.  BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet also provides an update about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Are we becoming afraid of our phones? A recent survey suggest half of 12 to 26 year olds don't answer the phone to their parents and a third of them feel awkward speaking on the phone generally.  But are we any different? Emma talks to Helen Thorn, a writer, podcaster and comedian and to 17-year-old Iona Cooke Mcintosh.

Britain's long-awaited Online Safety Bill setting tougher standards for social media platforms has been agreed by parliament and is days away from becoming law.    It will  regulate online content to help keep users safe, especially children, and to put the onus on companies to protect people from the likes of abusive messages, bullying and pornography, Emma talks to Legal expert Joshua Rozenburg about what will be in the Act and also to  Baroness Kidron who has been very involved in getting the act through the houses of parliament and to Rashik Parmar the CEO of BCS the chartered institute of IT about the future of online safety.

In 2020, an undercover investigation by the BBC’s Africa Eye exposed a network of baby stealers and traffickers in Kenya. It sparked public outcry in the country and led many officials to make public promises of government action. Journalist Njeri Mwangi went undercover to cultivate a network of whistle-blowers in these trafficking networks. She’s revisited those impacted by the trade in a second documentary, What Happened to the Baby Stealers.

Presenter: Emma Barnett
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

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