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Kids Online Safety Shouldn’t Require Massive Online Censorship and Surveillance: 2023 Year in Review | EFF (www.eff.org)

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[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There are so many useful tools for parents to take care of this. Those who do not feel comfortable need to become informed. Imagine if every parent who didn’t like the idea of teenagers driving a car refused to teach their kids how to live around cars and streets.

Parenting is a lot of work, but that’s the game folks. Prohibition culture doesn’t work and the government can only do so much. At some point you have to step in and be a parent, because the Internet is part of our lives for better or for worse. The best you can do is teach your kids how to navigate responsibly, protect themselves, and come to you when they don’t understand something/see something potentially traumatic. Because they will lol.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Plus, relying on the government (basically offloading your risk management to anyone else) is a great path to undesirable consequences.

I don't trust that other cars are going to stop for a red light before stepping out - I trust my own assessment.

Trust, but verify.