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Sure. Kids have more computing power and information access thru their phones than what any school district should be responsible for. No school should expend

Sure. Kids have more computing power and information access thru their phones than what any school district should be responsible for. No school should expend any resources whatsoever trying to monitor, filter access. They can't win. I'm on the fence about internet access thru their libraries. Public libraries placing their computers in plain view of everyone doesn't deter porn surfing and so forth. So I don't even know if it's a battle worth fighting.

EE84M3i 6y ago
>Public libraries placing their computers in plain view of everyone doesn't deter porn surfing and so forth. I think it does deter it, just not as much as we might like.
MiroF 6y ago
Porn surfing only seems like a problem if the computers are placed in plain view of everyone
- specialist 6y ago
  Heh. WRT schools, I only care because the controversy is a huge distraction. Well, the older kid showing porn to my younger son was also a problem. Again, not something schools should ever have to consider.
  - MiroF 6y ago
    I meant for public libraries - not schools!
- hinkley 6y ago
  I got to witness The Talk once and it consisted predominantly of introducing and explaining the idea that there are Things You Cannot Unsee, they are all on the Internet, and thus you should not click on everything just because you’re curious.
- marcinzm 6y ago
  The issue at public libraries I'm guessing is: a) They're afraid of their computers being used all the time for porn (for example by the homeless) thus preventing other uses more inline with their mission statement b) Hygienic issues with computers being used for porn in enclosed space (masturbation, jizz, etc.).
marcinzm 6y ago
>I'm on the fence about internet access thru their libraries. Removing internet access hurts kids from poor backgrounds as they may have no other reliable form of internet access in a desktop environment.

EE84M3i 6y ago

>Public libraries placing their computers in plain view of everyone doesn't deter porn surfing and so forth. I think it does deter it, just not as much as we might like.

MiroF 6y ago

Porn surfing only seems like a problem if the computers are placed in plain view of everyone

specialist 6y ago
Heh. WRT schools, I only care because the controversy is a huge distraction. Well, the older kid showing porn to my younger son was also a problem. Again, not something schools should ever have to consider.
- MiroF 6y ago
  I meant for public libraries - not schools!
hinkley 6y ago
I got to witness The Talk once and it consisted predominantly of introducing and explaining the idea that there are Things You Cannot Unsee, they are all on the Internet, and thus you should not click on everything just because you’re curious.
marcinzm 6y ago
The issue at public libraries I'm guessing is: a) They're afraid of their computers being used all the time for porn (for example by the homeless) thus preventing other uses more inline with their mission statement b) Hygienic issues with computers being used for porn in enclosed space (masturbation, jizz, etc.).

marcinzm 6y ago

>I'm on the fence about internet access thru their libraries. Removing internet access hurts kids from poor backgrounds as they may have no other reliable form of internet access in a desktop environment.