alt Hacker NewsAnd instead of an age you could even make the indication about what is potentially objectionable so that parents can choose when to allow their kids to see what - and adults can also choose to avoid certain things.
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iamnothere • yesterday at 2:27 PM
Exactly, without this you’re handing the power to decide what is “appropriate” to someone else.
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LelouBil • yesterday at 3:03 PM
Force a PEGI-like system for every apps please.
It would be awesome.
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I might be being overly cynical here, but I think part of the problem is parents expect to give their kids the internet so they don't have to spend so much time/attention with them.
I think this means any solution which involves active parent participation is going to get shunned by a vocal subset.
I'm in my mid 30's. When I was very young I remember my Dad semi-regularly having to email or even fax off permission slips to websites aimed at kids before they would create an account for me.