I would guess the parents who want to use parental controls see it as the freedom to raise their children in a certain way. Though in reality it's probably more

I would guess the parents who want to use parental controls see it as the freedom to raise their children in a certain way. Though in reality it's probably more about satisfying the parents own sense of responsibility to protect their children. Either way it's fairly well established that minors have a different set of freedoms and rights than adults. The US constitution itself grants different freedoms and rights based on age. Minimum ages for elected office for example. Other laws, upheld by the supreme court, restrict access to pornography by age. Are we going to hold a consumer electronics company more accountable than the US government?