An Angus Reid survey says three-quarters of more than 4,000 respondents are in favour of a ban like the one in Australia, where youth under 16 are prevented from setting up accounts on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads.

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[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (27 children)

Or you know, you can let parents take care of their own kids. Stop telling me how to parent my own kids in my own house!

Also obligatory reminder, consumer home routers have had parental controls for years. You can use these functions to whitelist specific websites for your children, while simultaneously block everything not on said whitelist.

On top of this, this is the most privacy respectful option as it means no third party is snooping on what sites your visiting, no one is collecting analytics, and no personal information is made available to said third parties to be hacked and compromised, ultimately protecting you from any identity theft.

On top of this this "same issue" was why TVs have had parental controls for ages. All a parent would need to do is choose to enable and block certain channels behind a passcode/pin for their children. And somehow this solution has worked without being privacy intrusive.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

If parents could make responsible decisions then this would never have been an issue.

We could make it a form of child abuse for parents who let their kids on these websites.

[–] AnalogHole@lemmy.blahaj.zone -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right?? Like why tf should i have to show my id to buy beer and weed??

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You, specifically, should have to show your ID to buy groceries.

[–] AnalogHole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 15 hours ago

You'd like that, wouldnt you? Pervert.

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