[sam-cop-vimes]

Yes they are, but human beings live in a society and we look out for each other. Sayings such as "it takes a village to raise a child" isn't just a pithy quote. Any parent will tell you from their lived experience that it is true.

Most parents do a reasonably good job of regulating the physical environment their child exists in. At the same time, a lot of parents are out of their depth keeping up with all the threats that exist on the Internet.

Like with security of systems, there has to be defense in depth against these threats to children. Regulation is one of them. Parental efforts are another.

[Aloisius]

It takes less than 3 minutes to set up the free, built-in parental control software in all major operating systems.

This isn't a situation where a parent is so overloaded that they need a village to help raise a child. This is just parents who have decided not to do anything.

But if we're going to go the village route, how about we send someone from say, a child welfare organization to visit every house with a child to walk parents/guardians through setting up the software on their devices - maybe with regular follow-ups to ensure the child's well-being in neglectful households that did not already have such software set up.

[Shugarl]

I think the one problem about this train of thoughts is that it makes people overly willing to accept any kind of solution, as fast as possible, because what could be more important than protecting our children. It makes people completely ignore or dismiss the potential problems this will create down the line, especially because we tend to be good at ignoring things that do not affect us yet. This whole thing feels both rushed and extremely short sighted.

[sam-cop-vimes]

How is this rushed though? This is the first attempt at regulating this after two decades of "anything goes".