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minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-25 hours agoDevices given to children can be configured to restrict access to unwanted things. Obviously, school networks already are. The only uncontrollable thing would be kids seeing things via friends with less observant parents, but that is not a new thing. No, it’s the not the same but there are options you’re ignoring. We don’t need to kid-proof all of society. Adults deserve things like freedom and privacy and to not be treated like children.
Devices given to children can be configured to restrict access to unwanted things. Obviously, school networks already are.
The only uncontrollable thing would be kids seeing things via friends with less observant parents, but that is not a new thing.
No, it’s the not the same but there are options you’re ignoring.
We don’t need to kid-proof all of society. Adults deserve things like freedom and privacy and to not be treated like children.