Comment on No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online
DrFistington@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It will make kids really good at bypassing the restrictions that get put in place, which will probably require them to go to some of the shadier places on the web, which could put them in more danger.
The people who made these rules don’t understand the fundamental rule of the internet: any online restriction put in place, can be overcome with tools and knowledge that are also readily available on the Internet
Internet monitoring should fall to the parents. When the government parents, they parent everyone and abuse their power.
There are tons of products to prevent access to apps and websites. If all else pass a law so users opt-in to restricted internet access.
“The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it” John Gilmore
FreedomChad@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Exactly. A kid that wants to look at censored stuff won’t spend much time making sure the workaround is safe. He’ll just use the first free VPN that works. Which will probably sell his data. It’s not like these kids will spend a considerable amount of time to choose the safest, most private and reputable VPN. Also, they won’t be using the paid ones.