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I can't speak to non-US countries, but there is no law in the US that requires a bookstore, a used video game store, or a cable TV provider to prevent children

I can't speak to non-US countries, but there is no law in the US that requires a bookstore, a used video game store, or a cable TV provider to prevent children from seeing things their parents don't want them exposed to. Neither Comcast or HBO are going around checking IDs before airing Game of Thrones. I'm curious about which countries would require such a thing.

kube-system 4y ago
V-CHIP and ratings information in broadcasts are required by law. Comcast and HBO refuse to sell their services to minors, and their products all support parental controls. Brick and mortar stores open to children do not display pornography, and those that do, prohibit entry to children. Providing this material to them is a crime. Some places in the US did have laws regarding ESRB ratings on video games until SCOTUS recently overturned them. etc.
- autoexec 4y ago
  > V-CHIP and ratings information in broadcasts are required by law. Ratings and V-chip use aren't enforced by law however. Ratings are intended to help parents decide what to allow their kids to watch, not to make the choice for adults or require adults to prove they are over a certain age to access content. V-chips give parents a tool to help block some things when and if they decide to, but most people never use it. > Comcast and HBO refuse to sell their services to minors ISPs don't sell their services to minors either. Adults sign up for services and it's their job to decide what their own children see on those services. > Brick and mortar stores open to children do not display pornography They do in the US. Any child can walk into Barnes & Noble and see porn on the shelves for sale, or open a book and read graphic descriptions of any number of sexual and violent acts. At the Barnes & Noble near me, porn is kept closer to the children's books than bibles are. Actually, any kid can walk into the store and open a bible and read descriptions of sexual and violent acts. Libraries also do not police what content children can access within their walls. > Providing this material to them is a crime. Not at all, as shown above. > Some places in the US did have laws regarding ESRB ratings on video games until SCOTUS recently overturned them. etc. Another example of an overbroad and dangerous California law designed to "protect the children" and it's a damn good thing it was struck down by the courts. The government has no business policing what media I can see as an adult or in policing what media I can show to my own children.
  - kube-system 4y ago
    My claim was simply that some safeguards exist by law, which is the case. https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/v-chip-putting-restrictions-what-your-children-watch https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/v-chip-putting-restrict... https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/obscene-indecent-and-profane-broadcasts https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/obscene-indecent-and-pr... https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1470 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1470 https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/2009/title-2c/2c-34/2c-34-3 https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/2009/title-2c/2c-34/...

kube-system 4y ago

V-CHIP and ratings information in broadcasts are required by law. Comcast and HBO refuse to sell their services to minors, and their products all support parental controls. Brick and mortar stores open to children do not display pornography, and those that do, prohibit entry to children. Providing this material to them is a crime. Some places in the US did have laws regarding ESRB ratings on video games until SCOTUS recently overturned them. etc.

autoexec 4y ago
> V-CHIP and ratings information in broadcasts are required by law. Ratings and V-chip use aren't enforced by law however. Ratings are intended to help parents decide what to allow their kids to watch, not to make the choice for adults or require adults to prove they are over a certain age to access content. V-chips give parents a tool to help block some things when and if they decide to, but most people never use it. > Comcast and HBO refuse to sell their services to minors ISPs don't sell their services to minors either. Adults sign up for services and it's their job to decide what their own children see on those services. > Brick and mortar stores open to children do not display pornography They do in the US. Any child can walk into Barnes & Noble and see porn on the shelves for sale, or open a book and read graphic descriptions of any number of sexual and violent acts. At the Barnes & Noble near me, porn is kept closer to the children's books than bibles are. Actually, any kid can walk into the store and open a bible and read descriptions of sexual and violent acts. Libraries also do not police what content children can access within their walls. > Providing this material to them is a crime. Not at all, as shown above. > Some places in the US did have laws regarding ESRB ratings on video games until SCOTUS recently overturned them. etc. Another example of an overbroad and dangerous California law designed to "protect the children" and it's a damn good thing it was struck down by the courts. The government has no business policing what media I can see as an adult or in policing what media I can show to my own children.
- kube-system 4y ago
  My claim was simply that some safeguards exist by law, which is the case. https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/v-chip-putting-restrictions-what-your-children-watch https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/v-chip-putting-restrict... https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/obscene-indecent-and-profane-broadcasts https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/obscene-indecent-and-pr... https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1470 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1470 https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/2009/title-2c/2c-34/2c-34-3 https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/2009/title-2c/2c-34/...