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Australians to face age checks from search engines

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139 points stubish | 1 comments | 01 Jul 25 23:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jackvalentine ◴[02 Jul 25 01:03 UTC] No.44439355[source]▶
Australians are broadly supportive of these kind of actions - there is a view that foreign internet behemoths have failed to moderate for themselves and will therefore have moderation imposed on them however imperfect.

Can’t say I blame them.

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SchemaLoad ◴[02 Jul 25 02:13 UTC] No.44439676[source]▶
I'm split on it. 100% agree that kids being off social media is better for society. But I can't see how it could be enforced without privacy implications for adults.
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2muchcoffeeman ◴[02 Jul 25 03:51 UTC] No.44440104[source]▶
Don’t buy them devices and lock down your computer and networks.

I guess if a teenager is enterprising enough to get a job and save up and buy their own devices and pay for their own internet then more power to them.

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SchemaLoad ◴[02 Jul 25 04:04 UTC] No.44440149[source]▶
Obviously an impossible task. Kids need computers for school, and every school provides laptops. Kids don't need access to social media.
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1718627440 ◴[02 Jul 25 06:39 UTC] No.44440811[source]▶
No? This was how it was for me. And the only downside was, that all the other kids are glued to their smartphones.

Why is this even controverse. Is there any rational reason why kids should have smartphones? The only reason I see is to let the big companies earn money and because adults don't want to admit, that they are addicted themselves.

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1. frollogaston ◴[02 Jul 25 23:15 UTC] No.44449834[source]▶
Yeah, I think the thing usually missing from the child smartphone discussions is that many parents are addicted, sometimes even more than their children. Wouldn't expect a phone-addicted parent to moderate their kids, or if they tried, the kids would notice the hypocrisy.