Because it's about getting votes for the next election. Porn sites are an easy target. You just say you're doing it to "protect the kids" and a load of right-wingers lap it up [the same ones who are accessing that material at work and cheating on their wives with a gay colleague].
Would you be bothered by a UK Porn block?
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Because it's about getting votes for the next election. Porn sites are an easy target. You just say you're doing it to "protect the kids" and a load of right-wingers lap it up [the same ones who are accessing that material at work and cheating on their wives with a gay colleague].
I just don't think it's a very popular issue, are right-wingers lapping it up? I don't think anyone cares
Take the US as a model.
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I agree with this; young kids being exposed to porn is bad, but it should still be the responsibility of parents to set their kids devices up, use child filters etc.
My kids don't see any of that stuff, because (like most on tech sites) I have half a brain when it comes to technology. Every device in our house connects to my own DNS server using DoT or DoQ (OS depending), and the kids' devices are heavily filtered. Adult sites, gambling, drugs, social media, and other such sites are all banned (along with all ads, trackers and so on). Their searches are all enforced with safe search mode, and things like YouTube show in restricted mode and comments are disabled.
All DNS servers but my own are blocked (so apps trying to connect to, say, Google DoH to bypass my network are blocked dead), and all plaintext UDP queries on port 53 redirect to my own DNS server, regardless of where they were headed. My kids think the Internet is all educational and funny videos, and homework sites. This isn't a device issue, an Internet issue or even a legislative issue. It's a parenting issue. I agree about social media though, it's cancer (and designed to be that way).
Your house sounds like North Korea.
Good. Because no 7 year old needs to be seeing porn, gambling, drugs or social media when they're looking something up for school. Luckily, as the dear leaders, my wife and I have unrestricted access.
I think that's pretty sensible for young kids, at what age do you remove all that though?
Where are the kids seeing the porn?
I know its more available these days online. But there isn't many actual porn sites out there.
The only places that I stumble across adult-like material is on reddit or twitter.
I thought the sex education in schools was supposed to cover this type of subject.
I know its more available these days online. But there isn't many actual porn sites out there.
The only places that I stumble across adult-like material is on reddit or twitter.
I thought the sex education in schools was supposed to cover this type of subject.
There are loads of video streaming and cam sites. Loads.
Honestly this whole thing seems like a lame excuse for the government to try and legislate parenting.
What your kid does or doesn't see on the internet is *almost entirely* under the parents control. Stop giving them free access to the internet via tablets / mobile phones.. MONITOR their usage and what sites they visit.. Ya know... Actually BE a parent.
By the time they are truly of an age where they may be able to access it via other means, they are practically old enough to consent, at which point this entire thing is irrelevant.
What your kid does or doesn't see on the internet is *almost entirely* under the parents control. Stop giving them free access to the internet via tablets / mobile phones.. MONITOR their usage and what sites they visit.. Ya know... Actually BE a parent.
By the time they are truly of an age where they may be able to access it via other means, they are practically old enough to consent, at which point this entire thing is irrelevant.
We do it in stages. Our 3 year old has supervised access to an iPad Pro, which we use to play educational games together etc. His older sister (just turned 6) is allowed onto YouTube (restricted mode) when in the same room as us and has more freedom to use the wider (filtered) Internet. Likewise for the eldest daughter (age 7), who is also further allowed to scroll through filtered videos and search things that interest her on DuckDuckGo (safe search enforced). My wife's 16 year old (who has Autism and isn't 16 in some ways) has gambling, drugs and porn blocked but otherwise can do what he likes - albeit on the understanding that (1) the VPN stays on and (2) what he does is logged locally, and subject to arbitrary review occasionally to ensure he's not up to something he shouldn't be.
It's a judgement call, but it's not that difficult. We've found that it unfolds rather naturally - 'Daaaaad, xyz won't work'. Why do you need xyz? OK, that's reasonable, I'll enable that for you (but not the younger ones) subject to supervision.
Are you accidentally connected to my kids' network, or leaving safe search enabled?
There are so many sites out there your head would spin trying to count them. And that's fine - adults can do what they like and more power to them. But to say there aren't many actual porn sites is... not correct. 
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So this thing called google exists and so do the letters p,o,r and n. If you combine those 2 elements you too will be drowning in pasty videos
I think you missed the keyword 'stumble'. How easy is it to stumble upon porn. Actively searching then it's trivial.
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We had Debenhams with Holly Willoughby I think (I think on the Debenhams, definitely Holly). My dad found it under the bath not that long ago when he was sticking the side panel back on. Claimed no knowledge of it.