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# What Can Help Keep Kids Safe Online? Ideas for Parents and Policymakers 

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June 13, 2023 12 - 1 PM EDT 

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##### Featuring 

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Taylor Barkley 

Technology and Innovation Director, Center for Growth and Opportunity

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![Maureen Flatley cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2023-05/maureen-flatley.png?itok=P3KgjF3c) 

Maureen Flatley 

Child Welfare Expert

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Andrew Zack 

Policy Manager, Family Online Safety Institute

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[Jennifer Huddleston](/people/jennifer-huddleston)

Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

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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 the tools parents and policymakers can consider to encourage a positive online experience and respond to concerns that they may face without sacrificing speech or privacy more generally.

## Additional Resources

- “[Three Reasons Americans Should Be Concerned about the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Bill](https://www.cato.org/blog/three-reasons-americans-should-be-concerned-about-united-kingdoms-online-safety-bill-0)” Cato at Liberty, April 28, 2023
- “[Would New Legislation Actually Make Kids Safer Online?](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/would-new-legislation-actually-make-kids-safer-online)” Cato Daily Podcast, April 11, 2023
- “[Would New Legislation Actually Make Kids Safer Online?](https://www.cato.org/briefing-paper/would-new-legislation-actually-make-kids-safer-online-analyzing-consequences-recent)” Briefing Paper, April 6, 2023

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