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submitted 13 hours ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

An Angus Reid survey says three-quarters of more than 4,000 respondents are in favour of a ban like the one in Australia, where youth under 16 are prevented from setting up accounts on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads.

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[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 hours ago

Don't trust you kid with public WiFi? Don't give them a device that can use public WiFI. Lock it down or lock it up.

Don't want to put in the effort to supply your kids with a safe device that gives them a filtered experience, well that just sounds like you don't want to be a parent.

Parental apathy is paving the way to a locked down internet.

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago

While I agree mostly, you’re acting like getting their hands on an uncontrolled device is hard. Even a decade ago, an old smart phone could be had for a song. Hell, people throw away phones with cracked screens all the time. Then just hop on a neighbors WiFi and bobs your uncle.

Do I think that means all people should have to verify their age? Absolutely not. But this isn’t necessarily something that can be solved with “just be a parent.”

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