Should kids be allowed to use the internet?

[bear hammer]

The internet in general is a very adult place, full of things they probably shouldn't be exposed to, yet they're on here constantly. At what point does it stop being 'just parental responsibility' and start being a societal issue?

 

[Diggus Bickus]

No, they shouldn't. Next thread.

 

[Osama Bin Laden]

no

 

[ToroidalBoat]

I think it is best if the only way kids can access the internets is on a desktop, in a conspicuous place in the home. And maybe there should be some sort of web filter too.

Letting kids have unlimited access to the internet with some "smartphone" doesn't sound like a good idea. Especially in Current Year.

 

[Dagoth AMOGUS]

I think kids should be placed on an island for their own good sometimes. Staffed only with robots, and women with ten body cams on them at all times so nothing untoward happens to them.

I’m just getting sick of kids being abused by adults.

 

[Fuck Fags I'm A Homophobe]

Limit them for sure, but be open to them about why. also check their phones often when their old enough. their's plenty of good on the internet, but there's just as much evil.

 

[stupid frog]

COPPA should up the age to 16.

 

[peachlover669]

if they can compile ungoogled chromium without any help then they can use the internet

 

[Testacles Maximus]

No, kids are idiots and they're wrong about everything. If they're wrong online, it's forever.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

This is a tough one. I feel like I did fine, but the internet of my youth wasn't faux-sanitized by a handful of soulless corporations to sell Funko Pops and microtransactions.

I'm gonna say leave it up to the parents, but provide them with better normie-friendly controls.

 

[Epikusername4]

god no

 

[Joe Swanson]

No, but the government shouldn't engage in mass surveillance in order to keep kids from accessing it.

 

[Dysnomia]

No. And your baby doesn't need a tablet shoved in their hands so they can zombiefy themselves on Cocomelon. Everywhere I go I see young kids on busses and in grocery lines watching that garbage. You don't see kids holding toys anymore. Just mobile devices playing an endless barrage of droning songs sung by freaky looking CGI babies.

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

No. Parents should actually be parents. Subcontracting the electronic babysitter so they can enjoy some chardonnay in peace is bad parenting.

 

[sum ting wong]

Kids should be forced to use dial-up speed like the rest of us had to growing up, and occasionally it's going to just boot them off to simulate someone needing to make a call.

 

[NoBueno]

While parents think their child is safe in their room, its virtually equivalent to letting your child wander adult shops and strip bars at night if they have the internet. Everyone and anyone is out there. TV was at least non-interactive and had some guidelines. No random guy could start chatting to you. And the midday movie wasn't "Best double fisting scenes of all time"

But thats not what the people in power want. They want kids on the internet.

 

[Mike Matei's Penis]

No, because they'll end up like me

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Cocomelon

"Back in my day", it was Sesame Street on broadcast TV.

So in Current Year, it's this "Cocomelon" crap instead?

 

[Meth Dick]

I think it would be in everyone's best interest if people born after the millennium were not allowed to use the internet. Or 1995 just to be on the safe side.

 

[DoNotFeedTheSneed]

With how ubiquitous the Internet is in our daily lives nowadays, outright barring kids from it simply isn’t feasible. They need to learn technological and internet literacy while growing up. However, they shouldn’t be able to browse the internet without restrictions. Their internet should be monitored by parents, subject to strict parental control, and have no access to social media of any kind until at least 16.

Edit as to avoid double posting since I just got an idea

Alternatively, kids could be given access to an intranet with a list of pre-approved educational and entertainment websites with no social interaction features. It’d be like a digital version of those “kid city” job roleplay theme parks; a simulation of the adult internet that preps them for future life, but without the risks inherent in the real thing. It could be set up in a way where more sites become accessible with age too.