• minorkeys@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Decades passed and its not even remotely true anymore? Never really was tbh. Anonymity on the net is on its last legs thanks to adoption by the masse show need training wheels and rubber corners and a fence to not hurt themselves.

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      21 hours ago

      I will say that I don’t live in the UK, so maybe it works differently. I’m assuming internet plans include some kind of service contract you have to sign, and minors can’t legally sign contracts without parental consent. So every internet connection is the responsibility of the adult who did sign it. If kids are going to be using it then it is their responsibility to put parental controls on their network and devices.

      But like the other response said, its not actually about protecting kids. Basically, if a politician ever says those words, its almost certainly an attempt to take away freedom.

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      22 hours ago

      show need training wheels and rubber corners and a fence to not hurt themselves.

      Dangers in the internet:

      • lies about some product (adverts)
      • lies about things (misinformation)
      • scammers abusing gathered/leaked data

      There’s no need to supervise users. There’s a need to crack down on abusive hosters. You can’t make the internet more safe otherwise.

      What they do here is either symbol politics or they do this to get more power over their people.

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        14 hours ago

        Its still unclear to me why all these countries are attempting this legislation at the same time.