Except your yes/no it’s what traps you in the block all or nothing scenario. Having local devices be able to filter based on content tags would be way easier to implement and allow for nuance.
We have already had keyword filtering for decades.
If I wanted to I can block it at the network, either thru the router or adguard home. Also like YouTube and other non porn/18+ sites do more harm than porn sites for kids.
Keyword filtering is complementary to but not a replacement for age tags. The problem with keywords is they are:
practically infinite, and thus almost impossible to keep on top of an allow/blocklist - you have to be technically savvy and well informed (which does not describe most of the population) to manage a tag list
basically saying you can just ignore laws you disagree with on content access
I agree that there should be more responsibility on parents not governments to decide what their kids can/cannot have access to, but I also am not full libertarian on this view - there is content that is well documented as being clinically inappropriate for children to access and should eb regulated IMO.
Just like we have seat belt or helmet laws, smoking/drinking ages, etc. not everything should be up for people to “do their own research” on, and negligent parents should not be giving their children carte blanche access to the internet.
Except your yes/no it’s what traps you in the block all or nothing scenario. Having local devices be able to filter based on content tags would be way easier to implement and allow for nuance.
We have already had keyword filtering for decades.
If I wanted to I can block it at the network, either thru the router or adguard home. Also like YouTube and other non porn/18+ sites do more harm than porn sites for kids.
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Keyword filtering is complementary to but not a replacement for age tags. The problem with keywords is they are:
practically infinite, and thus almost impossible to keep on top of an allow/blocklist - you have to be technically savvy and well informed (which does not describe most of the population) to manage a tag list
basically saying you can just ignore laws you disagree with on content access
I agree that there should be more responsibility on parents not governments to decide what their kids can/cannot have access to, but I also am not full libertarian on this view - there is content that is well documented as being clinically inappropriate for children to access and should eb regulated IMO.
Just like we have seat belt or helmet laws, smoking/drinking ages, etc. not everything should be up for people to “do their own research” on, and negligent parents should not be giving their children carte blanche access to the internet.