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Welp, I'm never having kids. This seems like it should be illegal as fuck and yet I'm sure Amazon will be able to sidestep that.
by ShamelessC 5y ago
Welp, I'm never having kids. This seems like it should be illegal as fuck and yet I'm sure Amazon will be able to sidestep that.
- charcircuit 5y agoWhy should it be illegal? That's like saying it should be illegal for google to tell you methods when you search how to kill yourself. Not all results to queries need to be safe for kids to do. Edit: Replying via an edit. There are many viral challenges that are dangerous. If you are searching for popular challenges it makes sense for these popular, but dangerous ones to be included.
- wk_end 5y agoI'm not sure how or whether to make this illegal, but that's not really the same thing - in this case the child wasn't looking to electrocute themselves, and Alexa isn't making it clear that they will.
- rapind 5y agoI dunno. I’m no libertarian, but we should still take some reasonable level of responsibility as parents. I’d be fine with some negative PR resulting in big warning labels. Like power tools you’d have to be an idiot to let your young children use. Just needs to be classified as dangerous for children at some appropriate level. Tough call though as they are marketed for an environment rife with young’uns. I don’t and probably never will own one of these devices btw (and never let a smart tv connect to my router).