• Noja@sopuli.xyz
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    5 days ago

    Parents can already control which websites their kids visit by using parental control software, basically every porn website which complies with these identity verification laws uses it. https://rtalabel.net/page.php?content=parents Restricting these safe websites makes users switch to other, freely accessible, and often less moderated sites.

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      Exactly, even increasing education on parental controls or legal requirements for that would be better if they actually cared about the children. I think the goal is actually just surveilence.

      Slightly more conspiratorially, I think the goal might be to do just that: push users to more unsafe options, then use that to justify more crackdowns.

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      5 days ago

      Yeah but imagine trying to explain to your 15yo kid that you’re not going to let them interact with their friends on facebook or whatever because reasons.

      • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Mine aren’t on Facebook. They can use iMessage and Signal. It’s not the end of the world. They read books and talk to their friends in meatspace.