can we acknowledge that what happens on the internet today is harmful to children?
For 99% of what happens on the Internet? No. No, we can’t. That would be malicious fearmongering.
For the remaining 1% (or less)? Fine and impose sanctions on any companies that produce content intended to harm children (mostly Meta, and any company that makes games with lootboxes), and their CEOs and boards.
Educate parents so they can prevent their children from accessing that harmful 1%. Fine any that refuse, and take their children away as you would any other abusers’.
But this age tracking shit will do absolutely nothing to protect children, it will do absolutely nothing to educate parents, and worse of all will do absolutely nothing to stop the companies that intentionally harm children.
Its only purpose is to control access to the Internet, and to establish a foothold to justify a slippery slope of ever worsening spyware measures, that will harm not only children but the whole population.
For 99% of what happens on the Internet? No. No, we can’t. That would be malicious fearmongering.
malicious fearmongering? all that most people know about “the internet” is facebook, instagram, tiktok and the other corporate propaganda machines. by popularity, that is absolutely 99% of the internet, and not “the renaining 1%”, as you are portraying it.
Educate parents so they can prevent their children from accessing that harmful 1%
wasn’t that exactly what I was saying? providing tools in the freaking operating system to limit what your kid can do? but downvote me to hell because I’m clearly wrong and that will surely fix everything!
But this age tracking shit will do absolutely nothing to protect children,
you know what it will do? with proper OS level integration, with programs taking it upon themselves, easier presets for the kid to only access age appropriate things. age brackets, that’s it.
then even the web browser can manage the limitations natively, either with filterlists like what ublock uses, or when the visited website self-declares its category.
Its only purpose is to control access to the Internet,
how in the fucking hell will it control access to the internet when the local system administrator can change the age bracket setting in the OS.
For 99% of what happens on the Internet? No. No, we can’t. That would be malicious fearmongering.
For the remaining 1% (or less)? Fine and impose sanctions on any companies that produce content intended to harm children (mostly Meta, and any company that makes games with lootboxes), and their CEOs and boards.
Educate parents so they can prevent their children from accessing that harmful 1%. Fine any that refuse, and take their children away as you would any other abusers’.
But this age tracking shit will do absolutely nothing to protect children, it will do absolutely nothing to educate parents, and worse of all will do absolutely nothing to stop the companies that intentionally harm children.
Its only purpose is to control access to the Internet, and to establish a foothold to justify a slippery slope of ever worsening spyware measures, that will harm not only children but the whole population.
malicious fearmongering? all that most people know about “the internet” is facebook, instagram, tiktok and the other corporate propaganda machines. by popularity, that is absolutely 99% of the internet, and not “the renaining 1%”, as you are portraying it.
wasn’t that exactly what I was saying? providing tools in the freaking operating system to limit what your kid can do? but downvote me to hell because I’m clearly wrong and that will surely fix everything!
you know what it will do? with proper OS level integration, with programs taking it upon themselves, easier presets for the kid to only access age appropriate things. age brackets, that’s it.
then even the web browser can manage the limitations natively, either with filterlists like what ublock uses, or when the visited website self-declares its category.
how in the fucking hell will it control access to the internet when the local system administrator can change the age bracket setting in the OS.