Childhood has changed beyond recognition since 1986. In this final episode, Natalie Dormer asks who is responsible for keeping children safe online, as exploitation rises and AI brings new risks barely yet understood.
On stage at SXSW London with NSPCC Chief Executive Chris Sherwood and members of the NSPCC's Child Safety Online Taskforce, Natalie calls on tech companies to take responsibility for the platforms where children spend so much of their lives. She speaks to Tony Fitzgerald of Kids Helpline, Australia, about what that country's under-16s social media ban has, and hasn't, achieved. We hear from Naomi, who went from contacting Childline to being one of its youngest Counsellors, and discover how Childline is harnessing technology to give Counsellors more time with children. And why, forty years on, the service still depends on volunteers and donations to answer every child who reaches out. Rebecca Wilcox closes with a moving story her mother once told her, a poignant, fitting ending to the series.
Trigger warnings: Self-harm: 5:48–6:29
If you need support: Childline (for children and young people under 19): 0800 11 11 · childline.org.uk NSPCC Helpline (for adults worried about a child): 0808 800 5000 · nspcc.org.uk NAPAC (for adults abused as children): 0808 801 0331 · napac.org.uk Samaritans (for anyone, 24 hours a day): 116 123 · samaritans.org Internet Watch Foundation (report child sexual abuse images or videos, anonymously; under 18? Use Report Remove on childline.org.uk): iwf.org.uk CSA Centre (research, data and resources for anyone working with children): csacentre.org.uk
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