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It's a bit of a shame that self-labelling by web sites never seemed to really take off: * https://www.w3.org/TR/powder-use-cases/#cpA https://www.w3.org/TR/pow

It's a bit of a shame that self-labelling by web sites never seemed to really take off: * https://www.w3.org/TR/powder-use-cases/#cpA https://www.w3.org/TR/powder-use-cases/#cpA * https://www.w3.org/2007/powder/ https://www.w3.org/2007/powder/ * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_for_Web_Description_Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_for_Web_Description_R... It could be much easier if the major web browsers (at this point Chrome, Safari (mobile), Firefox) were able to read the metadata and if parents (or corporate IT departments) wanted to filter content they could using 'built-in' technology rather every web site having to potentially re-invent the wheel.

macinjosh 4y ago
This 1000%. Legitimate services have an incentive to self-identify because they don't want to anger parents and are generally not out to corrupt kids. A setting to block unrated sites could be provided as well. Movies and video games self report their rating not sure why web content needs to be any different. The problem with the top down approach of the government deciding which topics are taboo is that it removes agency from parents. Different parents, different kids, and different ages all lead to different values and levels of acceptibility. My tin foil hat catches my eye every time I see government trying a heavy-handed, slippery-slope approach to clamping down on a problem instead of just providing society with a common set of tools to accomplish a relatively simple goal.
- alisonkisk 4y ago