‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist...
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Baroness Beeban Kidron, the acclaimed director of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, has emerged as one of the most outspoken voices in the fight for online safety for children.
《BJ單身日記：男人禍水》的著名導演比班·基德隆女男爵，已成為爭取兒童網路安全運動中最直言不諱的發聲者之一。
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In a recent interview conducted at her north London office, situated between a school and a nursery, Kidron argued passionately that the technology industry must confront a reckoning comparable to the tobacco sector's historic accountability crisis.
在最近一次於她位於北倫敦（其坐落於一所學校和一間托兒所之間）的辦公室所進行的專訪中，基德隆慷慨激昂地主張，科技產業必須面臨一場堪比菸草業歷史性問責危機的清算。
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Her new book, Users, chronicles her transformation from celebrated filmmaker to relentless child protection advocate battling corporate indifference.
她的新書《使用者》記錄了她從著名導演轉變為與企業冷漠態度抗爭的無情兒童保護倡導者的過程。
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During the interview, Kidron recounted a harrowing experience that she emphasized continues to fuel her activism.
在接受訪問時，基德隆講述了一段痛苦的經歷，她強調這段經歷至今仍是推動她積極參與倡議活動的動力。
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She described watching a young girl's face as the child realized that someone she had trusted online was not genuinely her friend.
她描述了看著一個年輕女孩的臉，當時那個孩子意識到她在網路上信任的人並非真心把她當朋友。
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The girl further discovered that intimate acts she had been coerced into performing had been observed by unknown third parties.
這名女孩進一步發現，她被迫進行的親密行為已被不知名的第三方所窺視。
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Kidron recalled how the child's spirit, trust, and sense of identity visibly disintegrated in that moment.
基德隆回憶起那個孩子的精神、信任和身分認同感是如何在那一刻顯而易見地瓦解的。
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Were it not for witnessing such devastating exploitation firsthand, she conceded, her commitment to this cause might never have become so fierce.
她坦言，若非親眼目睹如此毀滅性的剝削，她對這項事業的投入可能永遠不會變得如此強烈。
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Kidron has consistently questioned why society tolerates what she characterizes as a fundamentally toxic product being placed in children's hands.
基德隆一貫質疑，為什麼社會能容忍她所描述的、本質上是有毒的產品被送到孩子們的手中。
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She cautioned that tech regulation remains woefully inadequate despite growing public awareness of the dangers young users face online.
她警告說，儘管大眾對年輕使用者在網路上所面臨的危險之意識不斷提高，但科技監管依然嚴重不足。
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The baroness contended that major technology corporations bear direct corporate responsibility for the exploitation occurring on their platforms, yet have demonstrated a persistent unwillingness to implement meaningful safeguards.
比班·基德隆女男爵主張，大型科技公司對其平台上發生的剝削行為負有直接的企業責任，然而卻表現出持續不願意採取有意義保護措施的態度。
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Not until these companies face consequences akin to those imposed on the tobacco industry, she maintained, will genuine change materialize.
她主張，直到這些公司面臨類似於菸草業所受到的後果，真正的改變才會實現。
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Kidron's book, Users, offers a multifaceted account that oscillates between scathing indictment and wry humor.
基德隆的著作《使用者》提供了一個多面向的敘述，在嚴厲的譴責與詼諧的幽默之間擺盪。
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Portions of the work reveal how her former life as a prominent filmmaker unexpectedly intersected with the corridors of power in Silicon Valley.
這部作品的部分內容揭示了她以往作為傑出電影製片人的生活，是如何出乎意料地與矽谷的權力走廊產生交集。
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Throughout the narrative, she juxtaposes personal anecdotes with rigorous policy analysis, creating a compelling case for systemic reform.
在整個敘事過程中，她將個人軼事與嚴謹的政策分析並置，為系統性改革提出了令人信服的論證。
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Critics have noted that the book succeeds precisely because it refuses to let righteous anger overshadow meticulous argumentation.
評論家指出，這本書之所以成功，恰恰是因為它拒絕讓義憤填膺的憤怒掩蓋了其嚴謹的論證。
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Should legislators heed Kidron's recommendations, observers suggest, the landscape of child protection online could be fundamentally reshaped within a generation.
觀察家指出，若立法者能聽取基德隆的建議，網路兒童保護的版圖可能會在一個世代內發生根本性的重塑。