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The problem I see with this is you are disadvantaged from your peers if you're the only kid without access to the internet. You can't just shield your specific
by enlyth 4y ago
The problem I see with this is you are disadvantaged from your peers if you're the only kid without access to the internet. You can't just shield your specific kid from the world and then they go to school and their friends all show them tiktok/4chan/porn/gore/whatever.
We've crossed this line already, the internet is out there and everyone can access everything. Instead of being regressive and focusing on futile efforts like banning children from the internet (hint: never going to work), we need to embrace the new age we live in and adapt. I don't claim to know the answer, it is a difficult question on how to properly raise children in the globally interconnected world we live in, but I don't think simply closing our eyes and pretending the internet doesn't exist will solve anything.
I was born in the 90s, had access to dialup internet from since I was 5 years old, have seen all the horrors the internet has to offer and still turned out fine. I'm sure there is a way without censorship.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoIf ArkAngel were a real product and not just something from black mirror I bet we'd be seeing the same arguments in favor of it as above. Funny thing is, even in the fictional show they were aware enough that kids were sharing all the the crazy stuff they saw and the girl was just ostracized when she couldn't see it.
- codedokode 4y agoYou can say the same thing about alcohol or cigarettes. Obviously, kids can find a way to buy them illegally but it doesn't mean that we should allow that. I propose to make it illegal to help kids to obtain access to adult Internet the same way as it is illegal to help them to buy alcohol.
- concordDance 4y agoAlcohol and cigarettes physically harm you. As best I can tell internet access is no more harmful than gaming. The two classes of risk are too different for the analogy to work.
- codedokode 4y agoIf Internet access is not harming, then why do Bills like this exist?
- concordDance 4y agoCorporations like having less competition by putting up barriers to entry, old media disliked new media which carried over to big tech (and the inter-company PR wars have been brutal) and politicians like being seen to "do something" about whatever problems are in the news.
- raxxorraxor 4y agoExactly. But this laissez-faire approach is politically untenable. People would need to be distracted from that while simultaneously be empowered to educated their kids so they are able to deal with such content.