Post #2351220
2026-03-20 07:24 UTC
@jane@smolhaj.social i argue against specific features, that are often included in "parental control"
so far the only thing people convinced me could be okay, is screen timeout timers
what i get worried is, for a teenager, making it easy to allowlist-only or blocklist websites and content types, and making it easy to track everything they do with their devices
sure, there is other ways of doings those things, but the easier those tools are to enable and use, the more i saw them get abused
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@f4grx@chaos.social 2026-03-20 07:53
@navi@social.vlhl.dev @jane@smolhaj.social kids are smart. the more you censor, the more the teenager will use their friend's unlocked devices, and then you will see NOTHING.
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@jane@smolhaj.social 2026-03-20 07:55
@navi@social.vlhl.dev you should be arguing against technology being sold as a substitution for teaching and parenting. of course big tech with its "ask me later" doesn't teach consent. this is isn't a technological problem, this is a societal problem and tolerating abusive parents. not asking children in school what they face at home, how they are allowed to use technology. only since the year 2000 have children the right for nonviolent parenting in germany.