There were restrictions in the UK before this latest measure got put in place, ISP providers provide it so parents could manage it. But my guess is a large proportion of parents were either too stupid to use, didnât care, or simply didnât know. Broadband parental control.
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abbadon420@sh.itjust.works â¨5⊠â¨days⊠ago
It would be great to have a restriction stronger than âare you 18 years or older?â so I can let my kids roam the internet without care. But this is a bit backwards.
Schal330@lemmy.world â¨5⊠â¨days⊠ago
IndiBrony@lemmy.world â¨5⊠â¨days⊠ago
There are plenty of options for blocking unwanted material from kids.
This is a leap towards removing any anonymity or privacy online so you can be punished for wrongthink - there is nothing here which helps protect children any better than what was already in place.
We should always be wary of laws being passed in the name of âprotecting the childrenâ, because often they are used to justify government overreach, censorship, and good old fashioned authoritarianism.
Parents should educate themselves on how to curate a healthy online experience for their child, and I dare say maybe donât shove in iPad in their face from being a baby just to keep them quiet.
jnod4@lemmy.ca â¨5⊠â¨days⊠ago
Low-key if youâre that incompetent you donât know about any kind of parental blocking you shouldnât have kids in the first place. We really donât need more stupid in the gene pool
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works â¨5⊠â¨days⊠ago
Unfortunately thatâs not how it works.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world â¨4⊠â¨days⊠ago
Or just be a good parent and donât rely on censorship laws to be your babysitter.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works â¨4⊠â¨days⊠ago
Obviously, but not everyone is a good parent. What happens to those kids?
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨days⊠ago
They end up the same as all of us.
Lumisal@lemmy.world â¨5⊠â¨days⊠ago
⌠There has been. Itâd called blocklists. UK specifically even had it at the IP level, but excluding that thereâs extensions that also block that stuff. Thereâs actually many ways to block that stuff.