# Sara Grimes: Tech Restrictions for Children are More Dangerous for Their Safety!

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Podcast: [The CEO Retort with Tim El-Sheikh](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ceo-retort-with-tim-el-sheikh-7053049)
Published: 2026-02-19T07:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Professor Sara M. Grimes is a prominent scholar and world-leading expert in children’s digital media culture, rights, and play. Since August 2024, she has served as a Full Professor at McGill University, where she holds the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy. Her research examines the intersection of technology, commercialisation, and childhood, with a particular focus on digital games and virtual worlds. Join our free newsletter to get notified for future live sessions: ⁠https://newsletter.ceoretort.com⁠ Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Preview (00:02:47) – 2025 Review in terms of children's rights online since Trump's election and his influence on Big Tech. (00:14:25) – How does America's lax behaviour toward regulating big tech impact Canada as the next-door neighbour with deep dependency? (00:20:06) – The big problem with Australia's recently introduced social media ban for under 16s. Why Tim and Sara fundamentally disagree with this approach. (00:26:12) – How certain governments benefit from preventing young generations from accessing social media – ie, their only source of news and geopolitical events! (00:30:34) – The impact of Silicon Valley's "move fast and break things" philosophy on children's online safety – a philosophy shared by Epstein! (00:35:30) – The long-term impact of banning children from accessing online platforms on their education and the normalisation of dangerous trends, such as the manosphere. (00:44:20) – Should social media platforms finally be treated and regulated as media outlets and content publishers? (00:49:57) – Early signs of whether the Australian ban is effective, with emerging contradictory arguments. (00:58:18) – Sara's direct response to critics who support tech restrictions for children and social media ban…

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