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> why do we trust them to turn a switch on or off? Because many people do not want to compile a white list of allowed websites themselves. It is too much troub

> why do we trust them to turn a switch on or off? Because many people do not want to compile a white list of allowed websites themselves. It is too much trouble. So they would rather delegate this to some organization. > Also, I hope you can understand why I think "because parents are stupid/lazy" is the worst kind of reasoning you can give to enforce control over the entire internet. This doesn't enforce control over Internet, this only adds a locked-down mode for children. For adults, there are no restrictions.

johnnyanmac 3y ago
>This doesn't enforce control over Internet, this only adds a locked-down mode for children. I'll remind you that your proposal mentioned: >Make it a legal requirement for parents to set up this option for their children on every device they use I don't like the idea that the government a) mandates a parent take action on their devices just becsuse they have children nor b) that specific companies are mandated to make specific feature on their private OS (and we won't even go into the rabbit hole of how you enforce this for Linux. Are kids now not allowed to use Linux? And to respond to another comment: >For options to be available, you need regulations. Today without regulations there is no OS that would provide a single checkbox like "show only content appropriate for N year old". It seems that there is no motivation for device and OS manufacturers to invest into implementing such options and filters. I fundamentally disagree with both of these premises. You can create options without government intervention. That's exactly how games and movies work. And just becsuse OS's don't have the options nor convenience you want doesn't mean they are mandated to apply them (again, I will also mention Linux as a confusing factor to mandate). Third party tools exist that do all this for you on all major private OS's convinently and will curate lists for the parent. It's up to the parent to seek these out (or, learn how to use the admin settings. We're not talking about command line prompts nor batch scripting here).

johnnyanmac 3y ago

>This doesn't enforce control over Internet, this only adds a locked-down mode for children. I'll remind you that your proposal mentioned: >Make it a legal requirement for parents to set up this option for their children on every device they use I don't like the idea that the government a) mandates a parent take action on their devices just becsuse they have children nor b) that specific companies are mandated to make specific feature on their private OS (and we won't even go into the rabbit hole of how you enforce this for Linux. Are kids now not allowed to use Linux? And to respond to another comment: >For options to be available, you need regulations. Today without regulations there is no OS that would provide a single checkbox like "show only content appropriate for N year old". It seems that there is no motivation for device and OS manufacturers to invest into implementing such options and filters. I fundamentally disagree with both of these premises. You can create options without government intervention. That's exactly how games and movies work. And just becsuse OS's don't have the options nor convenience you want doesn't mean they are mandated to apply them (again, I will also mention Linux as a confusing factor to mandate). Third party tools exist that do all this for you on all major private OS's convinently and will curate lists for the parent. It's up to the parent to seek these out (or, learn how to use the admin settings. We're not talking about command line prompts nor batch scripting here).