The most insane thing about this headline is that implies parents are giving their children devices with unfiltered access to the Internet and then the government needs to play wack-a-mole with every single website they come across to prevent children from accessing it.

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seanalltogether 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don't know about iOS, but on Android I have access to Family Link which means I can control what apps my kids can run off the app store, and I can control whether they can access explicit websites (according to google) or have free access. I know other parents that are well aware of this tool, but they have to make sure those phones or tablets are signed into with accounts they have ownership of. I think this is the direction that the government should be pushing for and making sure apple google and microsoft are all playing nicely to allow parents to manage devices under the family.

	▲	Aloisius 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		iOS is similar. You can also limit apps/books/movies/etc. by content age rating, block adult sites, etc. without parental approval (which just happens over messages). There is even an on-device image classifier for images/video to blur pornography from messages and keep them from sending it to others.

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mr_toad 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The most insane thing about western society is the tendency of a lot of the populace to abrogate all responsibility to the government.

	▲	leobg 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		That’s the hallmark of socialist countries. It used to be that where in Eastern Germany people would look to government for a solution, those in the West would start a business, or learn a new skill, or read self help books. Nowadays, the self help books are read only for entertainment, and people look to government as the solution to any problem, no matter where they are, or how individualistic and free market they call themselves as a nation.

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thinkingtoilet 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Parents are absolutely giving children devices with unfiltered internet access. I think people here need to step out of their ivory tower. I would say most people don't even know to think about the things people here think about. "Unknowns unknowns", if you will. We all agree here that this is a bad idea. What percentage of the worlds population do you think reads Hacker News?

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AlienRobot 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

If you're going to say that, I think most people wouldn't even access websites to begin with. They spend most of their time on Youtube, Instagram, and TikTok.

I know people who don't know how to use Google because they only use a smartphone to browse scroll Instagram and Facebook. They're never going to access a website.

	▲	esseph 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Large companies have dozens or hundreds (even thousands) of their own internal websites, plus tons of SaaS for HR, tax, benefits, etc. People use "websites" all the fucking time.

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_Algernon_ 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Regulate the parents then. You don't strip search every customer in your store because one person shoplifted.

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1oooqooq 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

who wouldn't want the gov banning workers organizing collective action online? can you think of the damage to children if they mistake it for a Minecraft server? do you want to be responsible for that?

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luke727 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

That's just par for the course in UK culture. During American criminal trials, the jury is told not to watch the news. During British criminal trials, the entire British press is legally forbidden from reporting on the trial.