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I work where digital systems, child safety, and governance collide.

My focus is not on what platforms promise, but on how they behave when the stakes are human. Schools. Families. Governments. Boards are making decisions that affect millions of children in environments that were never designed with their well-being in mind.

I have led from the front of technological change. With more than three decades in technology, cybersecurity, and digital risk, I have built frameworks now embedded across schools, government departments, and multinational organisations on five continents.

I have conducted over 350 e-risk and governance reviews, shaping policy, reforming digital safety standards, and advising at the intersection of regulation, behaviour, and platform accountability.

Today, I advise governments, regulators, boards, schools and global brands on online safety, AI governance, algorithmic systems, and the psychosocial realities of digital life. I served on the advisory council for Australia’s age assurance technology trial and continue to contribute to national and international conversations on digital regulation and child protection.

I am the Founder, Principal Advisor and Strategist of Safe on Social and CTRL+SHFT. My work centres on sovereign capability in digital safety, independent governance, and the development of defensible systems that hold up under pressure.

I work globally, but independence is my constant. I do not accept funding from social media or AI platforms.

Florence, London, Byron Bay and Sydney are bases, not boundaries.

Kirra Pendergast - All rights reserved 

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