There are also easier options of no personal Internet access, and unrestricted access, but I suppose these are not very good for this stage of development.
As citizens we like to delegate aspects of our lives to the government; for example, I'm responsible for commuting to work on time, but we have delegated the maintenance of roads or public transport to the government, and this is something that could also be done by the private sector (private roads, private transportation), and ends up as a constant negotiation between citizen and government. Some polities like Germany and I think Sweden have subsidized education for children in exchange for mandatory public schooling by an institution either owned by the state or extremely highly regulated by the state.
Agree with you. But you'd be surprised at the number of people who think that the state ought to do things for them, including raising their kids.
And the state is currently pushing social media onto kids and parents, should it maybe stop doing that, at least?
Yes. That's what nature does. You are of course free to help them with your personal resources.
> And the state is currently pushing social media onto kids and parents, should it maybe stop doing that, at least?
When did the state have the right to 'push' social media to start with? Do you need a law for everything that can potentially go wrong? How about a generic 'do no harm' law? (I must note that social media can be avoided by most people at this point but I digress.)
Yes. Unless you and other people that think like you go there and help them with your own time and your own personal resources.
My children shouldn’t have their parents time and money stolen by the state to give to children who’s parents don’t care enough to properly provide for them.
Those people haven't bothered looking into the details. Some jurisdictions require age checks in a way that deanonymize people, and some require they be done in a way that do not deanonymize people.
The EU is strongly pushing for the later in the systems EU countries are adopting or considering.
How? I can't hover over the shoulders of my kids 24/7 - there's no world in which that's practical.
Maybe tech companies should start offering parents tools to make it easier? The same tools that people here might already use to keep that bullshit away from their kids.
You can control them at home and you can control their mobile phones. You can also expect the school to control their computers there. The remaining time will be a very short amount of interactions and I think we can healthily live with that.
Besides, like many point out, this is just a way to deanonymize the web for everyone.
Why is the state always meddling with the citizens lives and personal responsibilities, and why do we let them? Do we really appreciate so much this nanny state?