Do they actually know how the technology works? They will have to scan everything inbound and outbound connections, basically managed devices.
Apple and Google have been given a three-month ultimatum to make it impossible for children to take, share or view nude images on their smartphones, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday.
You say things I agree with, and things I don’t.
I struggle to see the benefit in virtual boundaries, and think it’s better to foster a healthy trusting relationship with one’s child. They’ll encounter bad situations at some point sooner or later, and at that point having shielded them from it in lieu of giving them the tools to deal with it, will have been harmful rather than helpful.
Further, this kind of informational censoring can be used to actively harm people as well. I’ve met many people whose lifelines are their virtual connections to their communities, and had their parents been at all technically inclined these people likely wouldn’t be alive today.
Children won’t spontaneously combust if they encounter pornography. My first exposure happened at around six or seven, same time half of my classmates. Someone found a pornographic card deck in the bushes during recess.