https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children Protecting children, together with fighting terrori

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children Protecting children, together with fighting terrorism, are the two most often invoked reasons for removing privacy protections in the modern world. They were just being tongue in cheek about this being more encroaching on privacy rights in the name of fighting crime.