Keeping Kids Safe Online: The Safe Surfer Story
NZ Tech Podcast

Keeping Kids Safe Online: The Safe Surfer Story

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 11, 202654 min
  • Interview
  • Technology

Paul Spain sits down with Rory Birkbeck, co-founder of Safe Surfer, to explore the urgent challenges of keeping young people safe online. Hear about Safe Surfer’s journey from startup to scale-up, their pioneering tech for families, and a partnership with Samsung for kid-safe devices. Discover eye-opening statistics on online harm, the complexities of digital safety, and why transparency and innovation are crucial for the next generation’s digital wellbeing. This conversation is packed with valuable perspectives on navigating the digital world safely and responsibly. Keeping Safe on the Web with Kyle the Kingfish – Safe Surfer Pare...

Play episode

Opens the player: the full transcript, every word clickable, with translation and flashcards.

Try it: tap any word

Real sentences from the start of this episode. Every word is marked with its level.

Sentence 1 of 12 · 0:00

, ,

education and advocacy.

Hear this sentence

Tap a word to see its meaning in your language.

Do you know these words?

8 harder words from this episode. Tap one to see what it means, then mark it.

  • B23:46
  • B215:33
  • C122:03
  • C122:46
  • B231:05
  • B240:28
  • B242:51
  • B247:40

Mark a few words and we'll tell you how this episode fits your level.

Is this episode right for you?

B2

B2 · Upper-intermediate

Comfortable if you already follow TV news

A1 24%A2 35%B1 22%B2 16%C1 3%
  • 81% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 167 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
  • 196 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

Transcript

The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.

0:00

For SafeSurfer, our mission is to protect the mental health of young people through technology, education and advocacy. The journey has actually been how do we create a platform for online safety that's really simple for parents to be able to use and in a really effective way to be able to proactively

0:18

protect their young people. The New Zealand Tech Podcast, brought to you by Gorilla Technology, proactive and strategic IT. Hey folks, greetings and welcome along to the New Zealand Tech Podcast.

0:37

I'm your host, Paul Spain. Today we're joined by Rory Birkbeck, co-founder and chief executive of SafeSurfer. Rory's startup journey began with a challenging question, how to make the internet safer without compromising privacy, freedom or the user experience.

That was the opening. The rest of the episode (53 min) is in the player: every word clickable, with translation, saved words and flashcards.

Continue in the player

Automatically generated from the audio. May contain errors. Audio belongs to its publisher and is played from their feed. Rights holders can request removal — copyright & takedown policy