> Online platforms will be required to suppress the spread of harmful content, such as violent, hateful or abusive material and online bullying. More seriously harmful content, including that relating to suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, will need to be kept off children’s feeds entirely, as will pornography.
Porn notwithstanding, is there any reason not to have this be the rule for adults too? Then you don't need age verification for nearly all content. What makes me undeserving of protection?
It really seems like the end goal for all this is having G, PG, R like rating system for online content, and default untagged to R, and then letting parents have some parental controls just like other media.
I don't want the government to be able to control what I or my children see. But I'm fine with government regulation making it possible to control what I and my children see via the normal labeling systems. But if we're saying that violence, hate, and suicide shouldn't show up in kids' feeds unprompted then why should it show up for adults?
Government shouldn't get to ban R rated content but mandating that it be rated and usable by my own filters and parental controls is fine.
> Online platforms will be required to suppress the spread of harmful content, such as violent, hateful or abusive material and online bullying. More seriously harmful content, including that relating to suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, will need to be kept off children’s feeds entirely, as will pornography.
Porn notwithstanding, is there any reason not to have this be the rule for adults too? Then you don't need age verification for nearly all content. What makes me undeserving of protection?
It really seems like the end goal for all this is having G, PG, R like rating system for online content, and default untagged to R, and then letting parents have some parental controls just like other media.
>It really seems like the end goal for all this is having G, PG, R like rating system for online content,
Last time we had this discussions on HN, to my surprise most were supportive of more government regulation on content control for child.
I don't want the government to be able to control what I or my children see. But I'm fine with government regulation making it possible to control what I and my children see via the normal labeling systems. But if we're saying that violence, hate, and suicide shouldn't show up in kids' feeds unprompted then why should it show up for adults?
Government shouldn't get to ban R rated content but mandating that it be rated and usable by my own filters and parental controls is fine.