Presented by Hidden Water, Inc.

What's the harm in online safety? Privacy, safety and tech-facilitated harms

About This Event

Join Elizabeth Clemants, Founder and Executive Director of Hidden Water, and Kate Sim, Director of the Children's Online Safety and Privacy Research (COSPR) program at UWA Law - Tech & Policy Lab, for an insightful discussion on the challenges of fostering healthy sexuality in young people and addressing the sexual harm caused to them in the digital world. This conversation will explore the critical balance between child protection and privacy, a vital aspect of ensuring child safety in today’s online environment. With extensive experience in restorative justice and child sexual abuse intervention, Clemants will offer her insights into healing family systems and creating safer spaces for young people. Sim, a former Policy Advisor at Google specializing in child safety, brings her expertise from tech policy, research, and advocacy to shed light on the realities and complexities of safeguarding children in a rapidly evolving digital world.

Speaker Bios:

Kate Sim is the Director of the Children's Online Safety and Privacy Research (COSPR) program at UWA Law - Tech & Policy Lab and a former Policy Advisor at Google, where she specialized in child safety. She completed her PhD at the Oxford Internet Institute, where she studied the impact of data-driven and automated reporting systems for sexual harassment on campus safety in U.S. higher education. With over 11 years of experience in advocacy, research, and policymaking across academia, government, and industry, Kate is a leading expert on the intersection of child safety, sexual violence, and tech policy.

Elizabeth Clemants is a social worker with over 30 years of experience in conflict resolution, restorative justice, and child sexual abuse intervention. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Hidden Water, an organization dedicated to healing the impacts of child sexual abuse through restorative practices. Elizabeth is also the author of Healing Together: A Family Guide to Recovering from Sexual Harm.

About This Event

Join Elizabeth Clemants, Founder and Executive Director of Hidden Water, and Kate Sim, Director of the Children's Online Safety and Privacy Research (COSPR) program at UWA Law - Tech & Policy Lab, for an insightful discussion on the challenges of fostering healthy sexuality in young people and addressing the sexual harm caused to them in the digital world. This conversation will explore the critical balance between child protection and privacy, a vital aspect of ensuring child safety in today’s online environment. With extensive experience in restorative justice and child sexual abuse intervention, Clemants will offer her insights into healing family systems and creating safer spaces for young people. Sim, a former Policy Advisor at Google specializing in child safety, brings her expertise from tech policy, research, and advocacy to shed light on the realities and complexities of safeguarding children in a rapidly evolving digital world.

Speaker Bios:

Kate Sim is the Director of the Children's Online Safety and Privacy Research (COSPR) program at UWA Law - Tech & Policy Lab and a former Policy Advisor at Google, where she specialized in child safety. She completed her PhD at the Oxford Internet Institute, where she studied the impact of data-driven and automated reporting systems for sexual harassment on campus safety in U.S. higher education. With over 11 years of experience in advocacy, research, and policymaking across academia, government, and industry, Kate is a leading expert on the intersection of child safety, sexual violence, and tech policy.

Elizabeth Clemants is a social worker with over 30 years of experience in conflict resolution, restorative justice, and child sexual abuse intervention. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Hidden Water, an organization dedicated to healing the impacts of child sexual abuse through restorative practices. Elizabeth is also the author of Healing Together: A Family Guide to Recovering from Sexual Harm.