Personal computing discussed
Usacomp2k3 wrote:Netflix minorly updated their parental settings
https://media.netflix.com/en/company-bl ... ed-viewing
I just wish they would add an opt-in feature to the kids profiles so they could only see things that were specifically added. Instead this new setting would let you blacklist shows/movies. So close!
ludi wrote:layerup wrote:As an additional side effect, if you are limiting what kids/teens can see/experience, it will make them disdainful of your rules.
Disagree and have adequate experience to do so. Partly it depends on the child's personality, but even more so it depends on whether the parent has taught their children to merely fear them, or to respect them. A child who respects their parents' authority is typically one who understands the rules are not capricious or arbitrary, and has likewise learned the relationship between freedom and responsibility.
Chuckaluphagus wrote:pink_flower wrote:What about the kid search engines? Are they going to get the job done or it just protects the pics and articles and not videos?
I was not even aware this was a thing. I'm going to put on my Grumpy Dad Hat and suggest, "No." Unless every result is something specifically curated by human beings (and this is setting aside the fallibility of human judgment), there are going to be results popping up that you won't want your child to see. 20 years and maybe billions of dollars have been thrown at creating algorithms to detect and filter "objectionable" material on the Internet, and they just do not work effectively when used in the real-world.