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Parental controls on children’s tech devices are out of touch with child’s play (theconversation.com)

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The "protection of children" has been the cited reason for a lot of controversial laws and measures recently. A common response is that parents should use parental controls to manage that on their own instead of relying on the government to do it to everyone. I found this article interesting since it touched on how the existing tools aren't that good, and addressing that problem might be a better thing to focus on

Authors:

Sara M. Grimes | Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy and Professor, McGill University

Riley McNair | PhD Student in Information Studies, University of Toronto

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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

The different controls on different devices is also a problem. You want to set a limit on one app or one device, they just switch to another. Have siblings? They'll just use that device instead.

In a world of single devices and one child, they are still useless as they are naggy for the parents and create friction rather than responsibility.