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> - based on liberal principles of voluntary participation rather than on totalitarian principles like most other proposals Well, except for children, who unde
by ytoawwhra92 2mo ago
> - based on liberal principles of voluntary participation rather than on totalitarian principles like most other proposals
Well, except for children, who under this proposal don't get to participate in anything online that hasn't been explicitly endorsed by the government or their parents. Too bad for that 17 year old who wants to get their news from Reuters rather than Fox.
I personally prefer proposals that treat children as human beings first and foremost, and only infringe on their rights in specific cases where the reduction in harm outweighs the infringement.
- txrx0000 2mo agoYeah, the First Amendment applies to children after all. We shouldn't give the government, tech companies, or even parents total control over children's online communications. The only exception is when they're very young, and even that should be actualized locally by parents rather than the online platforms or the government. I think a good test for maturity is whether they're able to purchase and use their own device. If the kid can figure out how to earn 100 dollars and buy a used phone off of Craigslist without your guidance, then it's time to let go or at least loosen your controls from device-level to the home router level. And when they can afford their own mobile data or figure out VPNs that can't be blocked by the filtering you set up on the router, I'd say they're ready for the open Internet.