No. I want freedom, not this BS
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 months ago
I’ve been thinking about it and here’s my proposal:
- total ban on videos with kids below 16. Anyone uploading content with kids is immediately banned. Platforms hosting content with kids are prosecuted.
- treat mobile phones like cigarettes. Parents giving phones to children < 16 are fined. If you want to track your kid get him a smart watch.
Who’s with me?
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
a heavy handed approach, but I don’t see one that is not heavy handed, private, and effective enough.
slight modification: mobile phone is ok if it only has a small screen like on old feature phones, no capabilities for mobile data but only calls (that’s probably a software limitation), and no social media apps (or any installable apps).
perhaps wifi capability with a weak antenna, or a wifi interface that only supports low speeds.private communications is a question though, because phone calls and SMS are anything but private.
hey people, this could work!
and its not like we need to ban kids from the internet, but to only allow them with the active supervision of a parent.
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Pagers. Kids under 21 can only get pagers.
They get within two meters of a smartphone, both kid, parents, and whoever owns the smartphone go straight to jail.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
that does not seem to be right. 21 is way too high, and also this would effectively be a universal restraining order kids and not-so-kids, and adults. I don’t want to go to jail just because of walking by a kid or a young adult, let alone converse with them, only sick people would actually endorse this.
but also pagers only do one way communication, don’t they? that is worthless here. the goal is not to just put a GPS tracker to kids, but to give them a simple communication device.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No one.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 months ago
I would be surprised if majority of people couldn’t live without watching kids on youtube but who knows, maybe you’re right.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Most people could live without youtube period. But what the fuck would be the reason?
Even so, the much more ridiculous one to me is the second one.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 months ago
You don’t know why it would be good to stop exploiting children for clicks and ad revenue? Do you think a 12 yo can consent to live streaming their life for the whole world to watch?
Cell phone bans are now common in schools. More and more researcher shows phones are bad for development.
newsweek.com/overcoming-our-denial-about-smartpho…
www.sciencedirect.com/…/S2451958821000622
But you want to give them to kids why exactly?