The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these services must introduce age checks to prevent children from accessing such content. Online...
  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
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    12 days ago

    Another point, if protecting children online is indeed a legitimate argument, and not an scapegoat to make passing the law easier, shouldn’t be the parents to decide what the children see online?

    • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Sane argument made for every form of media that ever existed.

      Issue comes when xealots refuses to allow parents to make that choice. And instead enforce their own guidelines. AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO.

      This is no new argument. It has existed since the creation of the printing press.