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China turns on ‘minors mode’ to keep kids safe online (www.theregister.com)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

Parents can invoke minors mode with a single click and set usage time limits. Devices set to minors mode will even remind users to take breaks, and collect stats so parents can make sure their offspring are surfing the web in an age-appropriate and socialist fashion.

This sounds awesome. This isn't the weird shit like some states in the US have for determining if you can log into porn, or South Koreas weird government-login-page-in-everything scheme, it's part of the parent's family plan for their kid they can turn on/off.

I realize there's worrying undertones (that already exist on the Chinese internet regardless) but the actual feature as-is seems like the ideal for this sort of thing.

[–] sommerset 2 points 1 week ago

US can't even pass a federal data privacy law

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