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There's really no need for ID checking. Most porn sites already self-regulated by marking their content adult with meta tags/headers. Parental control software
by Brybry 3y ago
There's really no need for ID checking. Most porn sites already self-regulated by marking their content adult with meta tags/headers.
Parental control software picks up on that. [1]
Social media could do the same thing: make a social media adults-only meta tag for parental control software to use.
For the parents that care, and use parental control software, the ID laws won't stop their kids running into porn. The porn their kids are going to encounter is going to be on non-porn sites like twitter or reddit (or small sites that don't care about these laws anyway).
Maybe we needed a bigger push for more awareness or better parental control software but the ID law push is weird and unamerican to me.
[1] https://www.rtalabel.org/ https://www.rtalabel.org/
- wvenable 3y ago> Parental control software picks up on that. [1] That's client side. This law specifically makes this a server-side issue; the service cannot let a minor make an account. How do you do that without ID?
- Brybry 3y agoBy not having this law and doing it client side. My opinion is the law is bad.
- wvenable 3y agoThis law might have never come up if we had better parental controls at every level of the software and hardware stack. I'm a parent I have parent controls setup on my child's devices but it's very hard to dial it in properly and cover all the bases. It should be far more straight forward to manage than it is now. I'm obviously pretty tech savvy and I would say 99% of parents are not going to get this right.
- scarface_74 3y agoI can’t speak for PCs or Android devices. But iOS devices already have parental controls built in as do Macs
- wvenable 3y agoiOS parental controls are awful. The only way to get any decent control for my concerns that the moment is using the downtime features all day long. Effectively I've told iOS that he should be in bed for 23 hours and 55 minutes a day. It's ridiculous and extremely limiting. Microsoft's parental controls are sort of ok. I also have separate control software for Windows and I have controls at the router. Of course, none of things can talk to each other to create a coordinated plan (say giving X number of screen time hours per day).
- scarface_74 3y agoiOS controls effectively block adult sites and you can manually add sites to block and not allow apps being installed without your permission. What else do you need?
- wvenable 3y agoSome control over when certain apps can be used.
- scarface_74 3y agoThat has nothing to do with “protecting the children” from sites you don’t want them to see or apps you don’t want them to use at all.
- wvenable 3y agoBut does have everything to do with parental controls. Besides the easiest way to know what you kid is doing online is to watch them -- much easier to do if I control when they use it.
- skydhash 3y agoA solution to these issues is for the child to not have the device in the first place. A desktop computer in a central place with eye on it can go a long way in managing online activities.
- jonathankoren 3y agoAs a parent, as a former child, as someone that grew up with computers in places just like you describe, let me say, in my personal and professional experience… lol
- jonathankoren 3y agoYou’re right about parental controls, especially apple ScreenTime. I’ve used computers almost my entire life, I even work for Apple, and I still resorted to calling tech support about it. As far as I can tell, they don’t actually do anything useful, and instead just get in the way. I do disagree that a technical solution could have avoided laws like Texas. It’s not about “protecting the children”. It’s never about the children. It’s just censorship. It’s just easier to go after a porn site than it is a library.
- jonathankoren 3y agoMy sibling in the universe, we are talking about an actual LAW. WRT Texas, a law that is on the books and enforced TODAY. Get informed.