Air Date 8/24/2025
The nature of politics and public policy is that there's always a need to balance opposing interests. Almost nowhere is there a more intractable set of opposing interests than in the attempt to protect children from harmful content on the internet while maintaining free access to adults, particularly because people wildly disagree about what qualifies as harmful and what degree of privacy invasion is an acceptable tradeoff.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: Age Verification Will Kill Free Speech Online - Taylor Lorenz - Air Date 6-6-25
KP 2: Can the UK Child-proof the Internet? - Front Burner - Air Date 7-31-25
(00:46:37) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the need to demand serious arguments about serious issues
DEEPER DIVES
(00:52:04) SECTION A: AGE VERIFICATION
(01:19:18) SECTION B: SAVE THE CHILDREN
(01:45:50) SECTION C: CENSORSHIP
(02:20:34) SECTION D: ANTI-PORN AGENDA
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: Photo of a stack of protest signs that say “Fight for your digital rights!”
Credit: “Netzpolitik Demonstration for press freedom in Berlin” by Sebaso, Wikimedia Commons | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 | Changes: Cropped
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