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Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?

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361 points gloxkiqcza | 2 comments | 24 Aug 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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AlienRobot ◴[24 Aug 25 20:07 UTC] No.45007320[source]▶
The most insane thing about this headline is that implies parents are giving their children devices with unfiltered access to the Internet and then the government needs to play wack-a-mole with every single website they come across to prevent children from accessing it.
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thinkingtoilet ◴[24 Aug 25 21:31 UTC] No.45007993[source]▶
Parents are absolutely giving children devices with unfiltered internet access. I think people here need to step out of their ivory tower. I would say most people don't even know to think about the things people here think about. "Unknowns unknowns", if you will. We all agree here that this is a bad idea. What percentage of the worlds population do you think reads Hacker News?
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1. AlienRobot ◴[24 Aug 25 22:32 UTC] No.45008410[source]▶
If you're going to say that, I think most people wouldn't even access websites to begin with. They spend most of their time on Youtube, Instagram, and TikTok.

I know people who don't know how to use Google because they only use a smartphone to browse scroll Instagram and Facebook. They're never going to access a website.

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2. esseph ◴[25 Aug 25 05:43 UTC] No.45010593[source]▶
Large companies have dozens or hundreds (even thousands) of their own internal websites, plus tons of SaaS for HR, tax, benefits, etc.

People use "websites" all the fucking time.