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What are your thoughts on restricting children’s access to pornography online? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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There are a lot of GOP-controller legislatures in the USA pushing through so-called “child protection” laws, but there’s a toll in the form of impacting people’s rights and data privacy. Most of these bills involve requiring adults to upload a copy of their photo ID.

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[–] Waldemar_Firehammer@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Governments should never stop into the role of a parent.

[–] ifDogsCouldTalk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What if the parents can’t step in?

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Then some teenagers learn what sex looks like a little earlier.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

Or won't. There are a lot of very bad parents out there.

[–] HR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They they shouldn't be parents.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What should happen when what shouldn’t happen happens?

[–] Waldemar_Firehammer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then bad things happen. The government controlling the raising of children has a much worse consequences.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 1 year ago

If the alternative to a child has a bad parent, is everyone gets the government as a parent. I would rather take the former and not the latter