Beeban Kidron

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Kidron was born in north London, to Nina and Michael Kidron. Her parents were the founders and proprietors of the independent publishing house Pluto Press, which started life from the laundry room of their family home. Michael's family were South African Jews who immigrated to Israel. Michael left Israel to attend Oxford University.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/mar/27/guardianobituaries.books1 Obituary for Michael Kidron] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111000247/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/mar/27/guardianobituaries.books1 |date=11 January 2017 }}, The Guardian, 27 March 2003. He went on to teach economics, and the family spent several years living in Yorkshire while he taught at the University of Hull.

Beeban attended Camden School for Girls in Sandall Road, Camden.

She first took up photography when she was given a camera by landscape photographer Fay Godwin during a period when she was unable to speak following a throat operation. Her photographs were spotted by photographer Eve Arnold, whom she worked for at the age of 16 for two years. Aged 20, Kidron enrolled at the National Film School as a camerawoman.{{Cite news|last=Brooker|first=Nathan|date=2018-08-23|title=Keeping kids safe online: at home with Beeban Kidron|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0d989122-a143-11e8-85da-eeb7a9ce36e4|access-date=2021-10-03|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003020742/https://www.ft.com/content/0d989122-a143-11e8-85da-eeb7a9ce36e4|url-status=live}} At the end of her three years of film school, Kidron switched to directing and stayed on for another year.

Kidron began making documentaries in the 1980s.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-19|title=Beeban Kidron v Silicon Valley: one woman's fight to protect children online|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/19/beeban-kidron-v-silicon-valley-one-womans-fight-to-protect-children-online|access-date=2021-10-03|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003015311/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/19/beeban-kidron-v-silicon-valley-one-womans-fight-to-protect-children-online|url-status=live}} In 1983, she made her first documentary, Carry Greenham Home, with co-director Amanda Richardson. It was filmed during the year that they spent at the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp during the anti nuclear protests. The film was shown at the Berlin Film Festival and, to celebrate Greenham's 25th anniversary, it was revived through The Guardian-backed website, www.yourgreenham.com.

In 1988, she made her first feature film, Vroom, which starred Clive Owen in his debut film. The following year, she came to greater prominence with her adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. It won three Baftas, including Best Drama Series/Serial. In 2010, The Guardian named Oranges the eighth best TV series of all time.

Following the success of Oranges, Kidron continued to work for the BBC, making the TV feature film Antonia and Jane, distributed by Miramax in the US, as well as Itch, starring and co-written by Alexei Sayle for Channel 4's 4 Play anthology series. In 1992, Kidron moved to Hollywood to make Used People with Shirley MacLaine and Marcello Mastroianni. The following year, she directed Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and Their Johns, a documentary about the New York City sex industry. She then returned to the UK to pair up with Winterson for the BBC film Great Moments in Aviation starring Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce, which was subsequently renamed Shades of Fear by Miramax CEO Harvey Weinstein.{{cite book|title=Great Moments in Aviation and Oranges are Not the Only Fruit: Two Filmscripts|last=Winterson|first=Jeanette|year=1994|chapter=Introduction|publisher=Random House|isbn=0-09-928541-X}}

The 1990s and early 2000s saw Kidron move between Hollywood, New York and London, making features, TV programmes and documentaries. In 1995, she made To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, a drag queen road movie starring Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayze. 1997 brought Swept from the Sea, a romantic adaptation of the Joseph Conrad story "Amy Foster", starring Rachel Weisz and Vincent Perez, which Variety called "masterfully crafted and heartfelt".{{cite web|title=Swept from the Sea|first=Leonard|last=Klady|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/swept-from-the-sea-1117329521/|date=Sep 21, 1997|accessdate=May 20, 2021|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520162141/https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/swept-from-the-sea-1117329521/|url-status=live}} Over the next few years, Kidron made a number of TV films both at home and abroad, including Cinderella, Texarkana and Murder, for which she was nominated for a second Bafta. In 2004, she directed the second installment of the Bridget Jones series, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant.

In 2007, she made a documentary about neighbour and friend, the sculptor Antony Gormley. Kidron and her husband, playwright and author of Billy Elliot, Lee Hall, began work on Hippie Hippie Shake, a film about the Oz magazine trials. The film was shot in 2009 with Sienna Miller and Cillian Murphy; however, Kidron and Hall left during post-production, citing artistic differences with the producers.{{cite web|url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/sienna-miller-says-hippie-hippie-shake-will-probably-never-be-released-171230159.html|title=Sienna Miller says Hippie Hippie Shake will probably NEVER be released|website=Yahoo Movies UK|first=Tom|last=Butler|date=January 16, 2017|accessdate=May 20, 2021|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520162142/https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/sienna-miller-says-hippie-hippie-shake-will-probably-never-be-released-171230159.html|url-status=live}}

Kidron spent much of 2010 in Southern India researching and shooting a documentary on the Devadasi. Sex, Death and the Gods premiered on BBC 4 as part of the Storyville series.

In 2013, Kidron directed the documentary InRealLife, a co-production between Cross Street Films and Studio Lambert. The film explored teenagers and their relationship to the internet.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3101474/|title=InRealLife|date=20 September 2013|access-date=4 December 2017|website=IMDb.com|archive-date=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402160523/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3101474/|url-status=live}} It was this film that acted as a catalyst for her campaign work around children's rights in the online world.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/baroness-kidron-interview-children-s-online-safety-is-too-vital-to-leave-to-government-9819862.html|title=Baroness Kidron interview: 'Children's online safety is too vital|date=27 October 2014|work=The Independent|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114194139/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/baroness-kidron-interview-children-s-online-safety-is-too-vital-to-leave-to-government-9819862.html|url-status=live}}

Following a period away from feature films, Kidron produced the Stephen Frears-directed Victoria & Abdul, which was released in 2017. It was the first feature film produced by Cross Street Films, and starred Judi Dench as Queen Victoria and Ali Fazal as Abdul Karim.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5816682/|title=Victoria & Abdul|date=6 October 2017|access-date=4 December 2017|website=IMDb.com|archive-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204032243/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5816682/|url-status=live}} To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar was re-released in 2019 and was named by The New York Times as among the top ten comedies on Netflix.{{Cite news|last=Bailey|first=Jason|date=2020-04-08|title=The 10 Funniest Movies on Netflix|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/movies/funniest-movies-on-netflix-virus.html|access-date=2020-06-22|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616103030/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/movies/funniest-movies-on-netflix-virus.html|url-status=live}}

Kidron started Filmclub in September 2006 with Lindsey Makie. Filmclub is an educational charity which sets up after-school film clubs in schools in England and Wales. The scheme is free to all state primary and secondary schools. The organisation was founded in September 2006, and after a successful pilot in 2007 launched by then Chancellor Gordon Brown, Filmclub officially launched across the country in June 2009.

Filmclub gives children from participating schools access to thousands of films and organises school visits by professionals from within the film industry. Pupils are encouraged to watch a diverse range of films including blockbusters, classics, black and white movies and foreign language titles, and to review the films they watch on the organisation's website (www.filmclub.org). The clubs are generally run by teachers or a similar education professional, but may also be led by older pupils, often from a school's Sixth Form.

In 2013, Filmclub merged with First Light to become the film-based charity, Into Film. As well as running film clubs in schools, Into Film runs a youth film festival and youth film awards.

Kidron talks of the journey of Filmclub in her TED talk, The Shared Wonder of Film.{{Citation|last=Kidron|first=Beeban|title=The shared wonder of film|date=13 June 2012 |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/beeban_kidron_the_shared_wonder_of_film|language=en|access-date=2020-06-22|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804002602/https://www.ted.com/talks/beeban_kidron_the_shared_wonder_of_film|url-status=live}}

Kidron was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama.{{London Gazette|issue=60173|supp=y|page=10|date=16 June 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18461536 |title=Kenneth Branagh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours |date=15 June 2012 |work=BBC News |access-date=5 July 2012 |archive-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421125017/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18461536 |url-status=live }}

On 25 June 2012, Kidron was created a life peer as Baroness Kidron, of Angel in the London Borough of Islington, and was introduced in the House of Lords the following day.[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/minutes/120627/ldordpap.htm#minproc House of Lords Minutes of Proceedings for Tuesday 26 June 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231013719/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201213/minutes/120627/ldordpap.htm#minproc |date=31 December 2017 }}. Retrieved 5 July 2012. She was appointed on the recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission and sits as a crossbencher.

From 2019 to present, Kidron sits on the House of Lords Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee,{{Cite web|title=Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee - Summary - Committees - UK Parliament|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/407/democracy-and-digital-technologies-committee/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=committees.parliament.uk|language=en|archive-date=18 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118233705/https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/407/democracy-and-digital-technologies-committee/|url-status=dead}} having previously been on the Lords Communications Select Committee{{Cite web|title=Communications and Digital Committee - Summary - Committees - UK Parliament|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/170/communications-and-digital-committee|access-date=2020-06-22|website=committees.parliament.uk|language=en|archive-date=22 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522161416/https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/170/communications-and-digital-committee/|url-status=live}} and contributed to the 2017 House of Lords "Growing up with the Internet" report.{{Cite web|title=House of Lords - Growing up with the internet - Select Committee on Communications|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldcomuni/130/13002.htm|access-date=2020-06-22|website=publications.parliament.uk|archive-date=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402055413/https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldcomuni/130/13002.htm|url-status=live}} as well as reports; “BBC Charter Renewal: Reith Not Revolution” (2016),{{Cite web|title=House of Lords - BBC C Review: Reith not revolution - Select Committee on Communications|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldcomuni/96/9602.htm|access-date=2020-06-22|website=publications.parliament.uk|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502070737/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldcomuni/96/9602.htm|url-status=live}} “A Privatised Future for Channel 4?” (2016),{{Cite web|title=House of Lords - A privatised future for Channel 4? - Communications Committee|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldcomuni/17/1705.htm|access-date=2020-06-22|website=publications.parliament.uk|archive-date=23 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623022748/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldcomuni/17/1705.htm|url-status=live}} “Skills for Theatre: Developing the Pipeline of Talent” (2017),{{Cite web|title=House of Lords - Skills for theatre: Developing the pipeline of talent - Select Committee on Communications|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldcomuni/170/17010.htm|access-date=2020-06-22|website=publications.parliament.uk|archive-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625183702/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldcomuni/170/17010.htm|url-status=live}} “UK Advertising in a Digital Age” (2018),{{Cite web|title=UK advertising in a digital age report debate - News from Parliament|url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/communications-committee/news-parliament-2017/advertising-report-debate/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=UK Parliament|language=en|archive-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625033306/https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/communications-committee/news-parliament-2017/advertising-report-debate/|url-status=live}} “Regulating in a Digital World” (2019){{Cite web|title=House of Lords - Regulating in a digital world - Select Committee on Communications|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldcomuni/299/29902.htm|access-date=2020-06-22|website=publications.parliament.uk|archive-date=24 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324062759/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldcomuni/299/29902.htm|url-status=live}} and “Public Service Broadcasting: As Vital as Ever” (2019).{{Cite web|title=House of Lords - Public service broadcasting: as vital as ever - Select Committee on Communications and Digital|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201919/ldselect/ldcomuni/16/1602.htm|access-date=2020-06-22|website=publications.parliament.uk|archive-date=23 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323125322/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201919/ldselect/ldcomuni/16/1602.htm|url-status=live}}

Kidron is the Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation, an organisation she established in 2013 to promote the rights of children online. At the launch she described it as a civil society initiative that aims to make the digital world a more transparent and empowering place for children and young people.{{cite web|title=5Rights launch|url=http://www.childnet.com/blog/irights-|access-date=4 December 2017|website=Childnet.com|date=29 July 2015|archive-date=6 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206163342/http://www.childnet.com/blog/irights-|url-status=live}} 5Rights signatories include Unicef, the NSPCC and Barclays bank.{{cite web|title=5Rights - Signatories|url=http://5rightsframework.com/signatories.html|access-date=4 December 2017|website=5rightsframework.com|archive-date=12 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212173530/http://5rightsframework.com/signatories.html|url-status=live}} Starting out as the iRights campaign, in 2018 it was formally registered as a charity formally constituted as The 5Rights Foundation.

5 Rights Foundation states that its mission is to build the digital world children and young people deserve.{{Cite web|title=5Rights|url=https://5rightsfoundation.com/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=5rightsfoundation.com|archive-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625143625/https://5rightsfoundation.com/|url-status=live}} It develops policy, regulation and innovative approaches to digital issues on behalf of children and young people, working with an interdisciplinary network of experts. 5Rights has pioneered a range of international policies and programmes, such as; developing Child Online Protection Policy for the Government of Rwanda;{{cite report |url=https://5rightsfoundation.com/uploads/cop-in-rwanda-report.pdf |title=Child Online Protection in Rwanda |year=2019 |publisher=5Rights Foundation |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625162243/https://5rightsfoundation.com/uploads/cop-in-rwanda-report.pdf |url-status=live }} contributing to the creation of a General Comment (codicil) on the digital world,{{Cite web|title=OHCHR {{!}} GC children's rights in relation to the digital environment|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/GCChildrensRightsRelationDigitalEnvironment.aspx|access-date=2020-06-22|website=www.ohchr.org|archive-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617003750/https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/GCChildrensRightsRelationDigitalEnvironment.aspx|url-status=live}} to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC);{{Cite web|title=UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)|url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=Unicef UK|language=en-GB|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616074058/https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/|url-status=live}} and working in partnership with IEEE Standards to create Universal Standards for Children and for Digital Services and Products.

Kidron is also a member of the UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, a UN commission to support the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals;{{cite web|title=Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development|url=http://www.broadbandcommission.org/Pages/default.aspx|access-date=4 December 2017|website=Broadbandcommission.org|archive-date=30 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130174903/http://broadbandcommission.org/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=commissioners|url=http://www.broadbandcommission.org/commissioners/Pages/default.aspx|access-date=4 December 2017|website=Broadbandcommission.org|archive-date=13 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213075305/http://broadbandcommission.org/commissioners/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}^, a member of the Global Council for Extended Intelligence;{{Cite web|title=CXI - Council on Extended Intelligence {{!}} IEEE SA & MIT Media Lab|url=https://globalcxi.org/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=IEEE CXI|language=en-US|archive-date=18 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618182958/https://globalcxi.org/|url-status=live}} a member of the UNICEF Artificial Intelligence and Child Rights policy guidance group;{{Cite web|title=Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence and Child Rights|url=https://www.unicef.org/innovation/reports/memoAIchildrights|access-date=2020-06-22|website=www.unicef.org|date=21 May 2019 |language=en|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807185301/https://www.unicef.org/innovation/reports/memoAIchildrights|url-status=live}} and sat on the WeProtect Child Dignity Alliance Technical Working Group.{{Cite web|title=WePROTECT Global Alliance|url=https://www.weprotect.org/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=WeProtect|language=en-US|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622195619/https://www.weprotect.org/|url-status=live}}

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Kidron, gaining cross-party support, introduced an amendment to The Data Protection Act 2018 that gave effect to the requirement to offer children specific data protection. That amendment became section 123 of the Act and required the Information Commissioner to introduce a code of data protection standards that would protect children by making online services ‘age appropriate’. When a draft Age Appropriate Design Code was put forward by the Information Commissioner in January 2020, Baroness Kidron stated “Children and their parents have long been left with all of the responsibility but no control. Meanwhile, the tech sector has, against all rationale, been left with all the control but no responsibility. The Code will change this. It is the first piece of regulation anywhere in the world to explicitly prevent children's data being exploited in ways that undermine their safety and wellbeing.”{{Cite news|last=Kidron|first=Baroness|date=2020-01-22|title=Social media giants will finally be held responsible for children like Molly Russell|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/01/22/social-media-giants-will-finally-held-responsible-children-like/|access-date=2020-06-22|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=23 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623033940/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/01/22/social-media-giants-will-finally-held-responsible-children-like/|url-status=live}} The Code will apply to all online services ‘likely to be accessed’ by a child, including web services and video games, and requires such services to have regard to the different needs of children at different stages of their development and the UK's obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In June 2020, the UK Government laid the Code before parliament making it the first piece of legislation of its kind and in doing so establishing that data protection is a powerful tool for delivering a better experience for children online. The Code came into effect in September 2021.{{cite news |last1=Isgin |first1=Kieran |title=Code to protect children's online data and privacy comes into full effect |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/code-protect-childrens-online-data-21472611 |access-date=13 September 2021 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=3 September 2021 |language=en |archive-date=13 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913112109/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/code-protect-childrens-online-data-21472611 |url-status=live }}

In September 2021, the ICO approved the first certification criteria for the Age Appropriate Design Code. As of November 2021, there are 3 approved certification criteria for UK GDPR, including those related to the Age Appropriate Design Code:{{Cite web|date=2021-11-24|title=A-H|url=https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/certification-schemes-register/a-h/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=ico.org.uk|language=en|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110104131/https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/certification-schemes-register/a-h/|url-status=live}}

• ADISA ICT Asset Recovery Certification 8.0
• Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS)
• Age Appropriate Design Certification Scheme (AADCS)

Several United States lawmakers supported the Age Appropriate Design Code, writing a joint letter to American video game developers and publishers urging them to follow the practices within the Code even though it does not apply to American companies.{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/10/22618221/gaming-video-games-loot-box-blizzard-trahan-markey-castor | title = Gaming companies should avoid predatory designs, lawmakers say | first = Makena | last = Kelly | date = August 10, 2021 | accessdate = August 10, 2021 | work = The Verge | archive-date = 10 August 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210810155155/https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/10/22618221/gaming-video-games-loot-box-blizzard-trahan-markey-castor | url-status = live }}

Kidron was awarded an honorary doctorate from Kingston University in 2010 for her contribution to education. She became a board member of the UK Film Council in 2008 with a mandate to provide film education. Following the dissolution of the Film Council, she became a governor of the BFI. In March 2015, she was awarded the Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Award under the Social Driver category for her extensive work on Filmclub and the iRights Framework used to empower young people on the use of social media and the internet. This was the first award she had won for her campaigning work.

Kidron was a member of the Joint Arts Council England and Durham University Commission on Creativity and Education{{Cite web|title=Arts Council England and Durham University announce Commissioners to look at creativity and education - Durham University|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/creativitycommission/news/?itemno=33928|access-date=2020-06-22|website=www.dur.ac.uk|archive-date=23 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623064127/https://www.dur.ac.uk/creativitycommission/news/?itemno=33928|url-status=live}} from 2018, is a patron of Law Action Worldwide and was previously a member of the Royal Foundation's Taskforce for the Prevention of Cyberbullying, chaired by HRH Duke of Cambridge.{{Cite web|title=Cyberbullying - Brent Hoberman|url=https://royalfoundation.com/quote/cyberbullying-brent-hoberman/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=Royal Foundation|language=en-GB|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626053334/https://royalfoundation.com/quote/cyberbullying-brent-hoberman/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Adam.Vallance|date=2016-06-14|title=Leading Technology companies join The Royal Foundation Taskforce on the Prevention of Cyberbullying|url=https://www.royal.uk/leading-technology-companies-join-royal-foundation-taskforce-prevention-cyberbullying|access-date=2020-06-22|website=The Royal Family|language=en|archive-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924185114/https://www.royal.uk/leading-technology-companies-join-royal-foundation-taskforce-prevention-cyberbullying|url-status=live}} She is a frequent speaker and contributor on all aspects of children's digital interactions and the need for human-centred system design. From 2016 to 2019 Kidron was a visiting fellow at Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford University.{{cite web|title=Visiting Fellows - Lady Margaret Hall|url=http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/our-academics/visiting-fellows|access-date=4 December 2017|website=Lady Margaret Hall|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713041343/http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/our-academics/visiting-fellows|archive-date=13 July 2017|url-status=dead}} Kidron was a member of the Growing Up Digital Taskforce for the Children's Commissioner's Growing Up Digital report in 2017.{{cite web|title=Growing Up Digital : Taskforce Report January 2017|url=http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Growing-Up-Digital-Taskforce-Report-January-2017_0.pdf|access-date=4 December 2017|website=Childrenscommissioner.gov.uk|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010110010/http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Growing-Up-Digital-Taskforce-Report-January-2017_0.pdf|url-status=live}}

Kidron is married to playwright Lee Hall.{{cite news|last=Hawcock|first=Neville|date=14 January 2011|title=Beeban Kidron talks about her career|work=Financial Times|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/12d46962-1f56-11e0-8c1c-00144feab49a.html#axzz2C3R4DtLP|access-date=20 February 2011|archive-date=27 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127144737/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/12d46962-1f56-11e0-8c1c-00144feab49a.html#axzz2C3R4DtLP|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Barr|first=Gordon|date=15 October 2003|title=Bridget's boys|work=Chronicle Live|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/bridgets-boys-1665473|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=17 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217013446/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/bridgets-boys-1665473|url-status=live}} She has two children.{{cite magazine|title=Monitor|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/11/11/monitor-427/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509132450/https://ew.com/article/1994/11/11/monitor-427/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Beeban Kidron|url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0452319/trivia|website=IMDB|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-date=26 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226214207/http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0452319/trivia|url-status=live}}

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• [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/01/22/social-media-giants-will-finally-held-responsible-children-like/ "Social media giants will finally be held responsible for children like Molly Russell", Baroness Kidron writing for The Telegraph, 22 January 2020]
• [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/10/27/baroness-kidron-literally-dont-know-tech-bosses-sleep-night/ "Baroness Kidron: Silicon Valley's unlikely but powerful adversary", The Telegraph, 27 October 2019]
• [https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/the-guardian-angels-making-the-internet-a-safer-place-for-children-r9c2c5v79 ‘The Guardian Angels making the internet a safer place for children’ The Times, 2 June 2019]
• [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/technology/baroness-kidron-children-tech.html ‘The Baroness fighting to save children online’ New York Times, 27 August 2019]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBug3ZZOGws The 5rights Campaign: Baroness Beeban Kidron at TEDxPlaceDesNations, March 2016]
• [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/baroness-kidron-interview-children-s-online-safety-is-too-vital-to-leave-to-government-9819862.html Baroness Kidron interview: ‘Children's online safety is too vital to leave to Government’, Interview in The Independent, 27 October 2014]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/08/beeban-kidron-inreallife-interview-teenagers Beeban Kidron: 'We need to talk about teenagers and the internet', The Guardian, 8 September 2013]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnrx5NqadyY 10 things I hate about the Internet: Baroness Beeban Kidron at TEDxHousesofParliament, June 2013]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-LQxBbQPTY Beeban Kidron on The shared wonder of film, TED Talk, June 2012]
• [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xyzjy "Sex, Death and the Gods", BBC Four.]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150520125406/http://www.grassrootdiplomat.org/whoswho/ Baroness Kidron, Grassroot Diplomat.]
• [http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2927:interview-film-director-beeban-kidron&Itemid=7 Hilary Whitney, "Interview: Film Director Beeban Kidron"], The Arts Desk, 21 January 2011.
• [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/21/beeban-kidron-devadasi "Beeban Kidron on the devadasi system"] as told to Joanna Moorhead, The Guardian, 21 January 2011.
• [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/01/beeban-kidron-miracle-in-milan Tom Lamont, "The film that changed my life: Beeban Kidron"], The Observer, 1 August 2010.
• [http://www.yourgreenham.co.uk/ "Welcome to Greenham".]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20101218110542/http://www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk/index.php?module=People&type=Alumni&people_id=36&back=course&course_id=149 National Film and Television School.]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jun/14/filmclub-international-news-schools Stephen Armstrong, "Filmclub takes international news into schools"], The Guardian, 14 June 2010.
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB57bQ8R37s "Beeban Kidron speaks to Filmclub member Emma about Closing the Gap".] YouTube.
• [http://wn.com/Beeban_Kidron Beeban Kidron website.]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718073220/http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm213.shtml Beeban Kidron biography, Women make Movies.]
• [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-eve-arnold-and-beeban-kidron-1346997.html Sue Fox, "How We met; Eve Arnold and Beeban Kidron"], The Independent, 12 May 1996.

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