> I don't know what to do about it

1. No smart phones for the child before the age of NN, me I say 18. A Smart phone makes a great High School Graduation gift.

2. Only internet access from a desktop computer with a hosts file that the child cannot change. That probably means no Microsoft Windows PC. See: https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

eazy-peezy

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gwbas1c 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You either don't have kids, or your children are adults.

It's impractical in today's world to raise children without access to devices like tablets and smart phones. That's like having a sugar-free, no TV, hand-sewn, ect, ect, household.

What's more important is to know what your kids are getting into, making sure they are comfortable discussing what they see, and teaching them independent decision making skills.

For example, a few years ago, my then seven-year-old complained to me about all of the Jesus videos that were popping up on Youtube. I told her to thumbs down them, and now Youtube no longer suggests them. She also knows that if other kids watch Jesus videos, that's their right and to keep her mouth shut.

	▲	FeteCommuniste 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I'm curious, what were the "Jesus videos?"

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casey2 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>> Hmm I can't find any porn on the internet, better ask around

> Sure Timmy I'll send you porn, but it's illegal and I'm taking a big risk here so you gotta do something for me, also you can't tell anyone

You've failed to solve the porn problem and now you've created a larger grooming/CDM problem.

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jmclnx 6 hours ago | parent [-]

You can add porn sites to the hosts file yourself.

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pjc50 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The point that people are making is that while restricting overt internet porn does remove it from sight of a lot of kids, it will also continue to circulate as "samizdat" through whatever filesharing mechanisms exist. When I was at school someone got busted for distributing BBS porn on floppy disks, no network required. Now we have terabyte SD cards.

	▲	iamnothere 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Absolutely true. When I was a kid a few people got in trouble for drawing and circulating pixelated “porn” on their graphing calculators. You can’t stop teenagers from being teenagers.

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casey2 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

hosts file isn't even the correct tool for this job. I don't know why this is being suggested a serious solution. I can add domain names and chose which IP address they resolve to. It can't even block websites.

If I didn't know any better I would assume you are spreading misinformation to put children into an unsafe situation

	▲	jmclnx 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes I know this is technically true. One could use iptables, but it is easier for people (users) to do this instead of getting iptables / pf or whatever configured. It is one size fits all.