The Fine Print with Julie Barrett
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The Fine Print with Julie Barrett is an investigative podcast from Protecting Kids Online that exposes what’s really behind today’s “child safety” laws and the rapidly expanding digital‑identity systems being built around families. Julie goes beyond the talking points to uncover how these policies actually work, who’s driving them, and how they reshape privacy, parental authority, and the future of the internet. Through in‑depth conversations with privacy experts, technologists, and policy leaders, The Fine Print gives parents the clarity they need to stay ahead of the next wave of regulation. Please confirm details with trusted sources.
Episodes
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Empower Parents, Not Bureaucrats: Age Verification, Digital IDs & Kids Online | Vance Ginn
Vance Ginn joins the Fine Print Podcast with Julie Barrett to discuss why he believes government age-verification mandates and digital ID requirements take power away from parents and create more problems than they solve. In this episode, the PhD economist and former chief economist at the Trump...
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Congress Ignored the Law That Could Protect Kids Online | Maureen Flatley
Maureen Flatley (President of Stop Child Predators) joins the podcast for a deep dive into why so many current “child safety” bills are missing the point. We talk about the PROTECT Act of 2008 — a law Congress passed to build real law-enforcement capacity against online child exploitation that…
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AFT and Microsoft’s school AI agreement: What parents need to know
John Coleman of FIRE breaks down the National AI Safety and Privacy Standard recently announced by the American Federation of Teachers, the United Federation of Teachers, and Microsoft. The agreement is voluntary, but the AFT is encouraging school districts to adopt it for educational AI tools.…
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KOSA’s fine print: censorship, digital ID, and who actually protects kids
The Kids Online Safety Act is named for children. Sara Higdon says the bill does something else. It pushes platforms to decide who is a minor, control what those minor sees, and check every adult in order to prove they are not a child. That is a censorship and digital-ID system with a…
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The Truth Behind “Child Safety” Laws: Glenn Meder on Digital ID, Surveillance, and Liberty
In this first episode of The Fine Print, Julie Barrett sits down with privacy expert Glenn Meder to expose what’s really happening inside today’s “child safety” laws. While parents are being told these bills will protect kids and empower families, the fine print reveals something very different:...
About this show
The Fine Print with Julie Barrett is an investigative podcast from Protecting Kids Online that exposes what’s really behind today’s “child safety” laws and the rapidly expanding digital‑identity systems being built around families. Julie goes beyond the talking points to uncover how these policies actually work, who’s driving them, and how they reshape privacy, parental authority, and the future of the internet. Through in‑depth conversations with privacy experts, technologists, and policy leaders, The Fine Print gives parents the clarity they need to stay ahead of the next wave of regulation. Please confirm details with trusted sources.
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