Child Safety or Censorship? A Warning From Britain w/ Samiksha Bhattacharjee || 1824

Could "protect the children" become the argument for making everyone identify themselves online? A libertarian in London has a warning for Americans who think it cannot happen here. Josh Martens sits down with Samiksha Bhattacharjee, a Young Voices contributor and president of the University College London Libertarian Society, to discuss UK online safety rules, digital ID, age verification, and anonymous speech. Samiksha argues that British organizations are promoting similar approaches in the United States, with consequences that could reach beyond children's accounts. The conversation follows the incentives behind online regulation: lawmakers promise safety, companies face pressure to standardize their rules, and parents risk losing authority to politicians. Josh and Samiksha also discuss her claims about lobbying and public funding, and why First Amendment protections do not end the debate over online privacy. Key beats: Could state laws reshape the internet for everyone? What disappears when online anonymity disappears? Would you trust the opposing party to make decisions for your child? They finish with a challenge for the liberty movement: reach young people through culture, explain individual freedom, and stop expecting a political superhero to fix everything. Subscribe or follow Good Morning Liberty, like, share, and comment: should protecting children require adults to identify themselves online? Leave a podcast rating or review to help more people find the show. Samiksha Bhattacharjee (https://samikshabhattacharjee.github.io/index.html) https://x.com/samikshassotd?s=11&t=S8JoQpY3m4n6bFrTo8tLrg How U.K. Operatives Are Exporting Censorship To Twenty-One States (https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-u-k-operatives-are-exporting-censorship-to-twenty-one-states) Chapters 00:00 Meet Samiksha Bhattacharjee 01:45 Her Path to Classical Liberalism 05:45 Could UK Online Rules Spread to America? 09:00 Anonymous Speech and America's Founding 11:15 UK Speech Policing: Samiksha's Account 14:30 Cross-Party Resistance to Digital ID 16:15 First Amendment Limits and NGO Lobbying 20:30 Child Safety and Control of Your Devices 22:30 How State Laws Could Set National Standards 25:30 Parents or Politicians? The Child-Safety Test 27:15 Making Liberty Reach Young People 33:15 Follow Samiksha's Work Links All GML Links: https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/links Watch All Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi78svKlBr_8o0dDOX8DxO_Wwxu6WYhhA Watch Host Favorites: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi78svKlBr__Zu40RL7mWxCuOOe54zgy2 Join the Fed Haters Club: https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/fedhatersclub Join GML: https://joingml.com GML Link Hub: https://gml.bio.link Martens Minute: https://martensminute.podbean.com/