> But they are not doing enough to protect children from predators and that's a huge legal and regulatory risk.

It's first and foremost a huge risk for kids.

My solution is simple: my daughter (11 y/o) can play Roblox but she must be in a game with another friend (whom I know and whom I know her parents) and she must on a video/conf-call with that friend, using another device, while she plays Roblox. That way I hear everything they're saying.

And they're ecstatic and having lots of fun.

I check the chat once in a while: the rule is "not hiding the chat when parents look or no more Roblox".

Keeps her mostly at bay from predators.

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Incipient 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I feel like for a 11yo, you can't even explain the risks. Not just for lack of true comprehension, but also just kids shouldn't have to worry about that stuff, and just be kids.

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Aeolun 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Wut? If they’re using the internet they should be aware of that stuff. That’s what ‘just be kids’ means these days. Just being a kid isn’t a static state of being.

	▲	kulahan 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's no longer safe for children to be unsupervised on the internet.
	▲	dyauspitr 41 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		So then they shouldn’t use the internet. I’m not going to fill my kids mind with all the dangers in the world when all they should be thinking about when they’re 8 is academics, friends and personal pursuits and achievements.

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sanswork 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

My son has had the local police do a presentation to his class/preschool/daycares about online safety every year since he was 4 so it's pretty drilled in by this point.

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dyauspitr 43 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is ridiculous. She 11, take the damn tablet away from her.

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userbinator 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Getting them to accept the normalisation of surveillance while they're young?

And then people wonder why authoritarianism is on the rise...

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PunchyHamster 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Getting watched by your parents is far different than getting watched by the government. It's no different than parent watching out of the window on kids playing in backyard

> And then people wonder why authoritarianism is on the rise...

It's on the rise because of utter failure of progressive govt to do what people want them to do. People want country to be more prosperous, not to have bleeding heart activists import immigrants or other leftist bullshit. Authoritarian turn is knee jerk reaction to that beacuse they are only ones promising the country for the citizens of the country. If you want less of that, make left that cares about country's people

	▲	eloisant 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Still, at some point you do have to give some privacy to your kids. I know the trend is helicopter parenting but it's not helping the kid to be overprotecting.