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Podcast: Cato Event Podcast
Episode: What Can Help Keep Kids Safe Online? Ideas for Parents and Policymakers
Description: There are legitimate concerns about the safety and well‐being of children online. This has stimulated the interest of policymakers, and numerous legislative and regulatory proposals are being debated. Like many areas, however, civil society—not government—likely holds the best solutions. Government intervention is a blunt instrument and will itself create additional problems—particularly in the areas of freedom of expression and privacy—as compared with individual solutions undertaken by parents and families themselves.This virtual policy forum brings together policy and child safety experts to discuss the risks and benefits young people may experience online and th...