> Sure, but you'd need to apply it to all phones, because what's stopping a kid from buying an adult smartphone

There's no need, that's already the case.

All phones (the network account attached to the SIM actually, not the phone itself) comes with a content filter enabled by default in the UK, adult or not.

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xethos 2 days ago | parent [-]

> All phones (the network account attached to the SIM actually, not the phone itself) comes with a content filter enabled by default in the UK, adult or not.

Neither resident nor frequent visitor to the UK, so I'm behind the times when I ask: I beg your fucking pardon?

Is there further reading on this inane nanny-state horror, ideally via a Wikipedia article on the law or gentleman's agreement amongst the carriers?

Furthermore, is this more common than I assume, and I simply don't notice because I don't stray too far from the mainstream?

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alias_neo 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> I beg your fucking pardon?

Yep, my thoughts exactly when I first encountered it.

> Is there further reading on this inane nanny-state horror

I tried to look something up but it seems the articles and news about the (new) Online Safety Act has taken over all of the search results (and it's not something I want to search too hard at work). I even asked an LLM but it couldn't provide sources and simply said it was "voluntary" and "industry standard". The rest of its output was drowned in the new Online Safety Act.

I suppose thanks to the OSA the old system is now history.

	▲	joncrocks 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_Uni...

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Symbiote 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I think you show identification (like when buying alcohol) when buying the phone/contract, and the block is removed. Or, this can be done later.