The real solution, IMO, is a second internet. Domain names will be whitelisted, not blacklisted, and you must submit an application to some body or something.

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anon84873628 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I agree. There were attempts to do something like this with porn sites via the .xxx TLD I believe, but that inverts the problem. Don't force the public to go to a dark alley for their guilty pleasures. Instead, the sites that want to target kids need to be allowlisted. That is much more practical and palatable.

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tracker1 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah.. the opposition was just a bad take IMO... "but it will create a virtual red light district" which is EXACTLY what you want online, unlike a physical city, you aren't going to accidentally take a wrong turn, and if you're blocking *.xxx then it's even easier to avoid.

Then require all nudity to be on a .edu, .art or .xxx, problem mostly solved.

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MarsIronPI 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> Then require all nudity to be on a .edu, .art or .xxx, problem mostly solved.

Who's doing the requiring here? Sounds like yet another path to censorship dystopia.

	▲	tracker1 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In the case of cc-tlds the respective government... In the case of other TLDs ICANN. edit: .edu provides for educational content, .art for artistic expression, .xxx for explicit content.

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jvanderbot 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I dont see why phones can't come with a browser that does this. Parents could curate a whitelist like people curate playlists, and share it, and the browser would honor that.

Combined with some blacklisted apps (e.g., all other browsers), this would be a passable opt-in solution. I'm sure there's either a subscription or a small incentive for someone to build this that hopefully isn't "Scam children".

It's not like kids are using PCs, and if they use someone else's phone, that's at least a severely limiting factor.

	▲	crab_galaxy 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		They do, don’t they? Apple devices have had a robust whitelisting/blacklisting feature for at least a couple of years. I use it to block websites and apps to lessen my phone addiction. I’m sure Android offers similar features

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sroussey 37 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

AOL returns!

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goopypoop 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

sounds like an app store