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I honestly feel that this falls into parental responsibility. Both Android and iPhone comes with parental controls and the same is true for browsers on computers.
Android example:
iPhone example:
It's a search away to find step-by-step guides for this stuff, so you don't even need to know how to do it yourself.
Instead of, or in addition to, DNS filtering is also an easy technique (1)
Until kids learn to change DNS servers.
Edit: Downvoting this doesn’t make it less true.
My belief is that if you put restrictions on a child's device activity, they will eventually circumvent it, from my experience of having parental controls for some devices I had.
Sure, if they learn how to circumvent their way to unrestricted internet access, they will be able to access pretty much everything, but the word "learn" is key, they will become more literate in the tech they use.
And again, from my experience, the child would pretty much only start trying to circumvent stuff when they become a teen, so it'll work for a while to keep them off explicit content, then you'll probably wanna weigh your options, should I put different parental controls on their devices since they got through it, or should I just let them enjoy their internet freedom?
Edit: so that edit you made, "downvoting it doesn't make it less true", sure, that might be the case, but your comment seems to be getting downvoted since it is pretty defeatist, like nobody should try because it'll be removed at some point. It's just like not wanting to put a cast on a broken arm because "it'll just be taken off anyway.". It doesn't mean it's not useful.
In my experience, there's always a way around parental controls on these devices and if there isn't, there's always a way that your child will subvert them in other ways.
Half the time it's a well-intentioned and ignorant adult providing them the means.
I feel that parental responsibility and carefully crafted regulation can coexist to protect children. Device makers can also make it easier to access such settings or a "kids mode".
I think most parents know techbros have created an internet that is generally not safe for children and do their best to take measures to account for that. Any system that empowers parents to do that is welcome.
I feel like it's hard to make it easier then they've already made it:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1075738?hl=en#zippy=%2Cfor-family-members-who-manage-their-own-accounts
All it requires is knowing how to read and follow step by step instructions and the parents are in control.
In contrast all the control and surveillance systems being introduced as child protection will end up being used outside their first promised scope.
While "First they came for the porn" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came) sounds silly, if they can ban or control access to sites on a device level then what will they ban next?
Quite many right wing political groups would eye the lgbtq+ movement and they'd probably introduce that as "for the kids" too.
That's the next step. They want to label Trans existence as basically pornographic and targeting the children.
I have heard this argument from the fascist where I have to go now. I have nothing against gays, I just think it shouldn’t be done infront of children, whatever the fuck that means. These people are extremely dangerous and giving them more surveillance power is not what the EU needs to do right now.