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Parents can do this today if they wanted to The problem of "kids accessing the Internet" is a purposeful distraction from the intent of these laws, which is po
by akersten 8mo ago
Parents can do this today if they wanted to
The problem of "kids accessing the Internet" is a purposeful distraction from the intent of these laws, which is population-level surveillance and Verified Ad Impressions.
- armchairhacker 8mo agoToday, in practice it's not a choice, because even the most attentive parents fail to block internet access. Parental controls are ineffective, and all the kid's friends have access so they become alienated. https://beasthacker.com/til/parental-controls-arent-for-parents.html https://beasthacker.com/til/parental-controls-arent-for-pare... But laws alone won't fix this, and laws aren't necessary (except maybe a law that prevents kids from buying phones). In the article, the child's devices had parental controls, but they were ineffective. There's demand for a phone with better parental controls, so it will come, and more parents are denying access, so their kids will become less alienated.