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Originally Posted by RawAlex
Djilla, the problem stems from "label adult" as opposed to "label acceptable to children". The basic assumption is (incorrectly) that the WWW as a whole is safe for children, and only a few sites are "adult" in nature. In reality, most of the web in one form or another is not safe to be viewed by an 8 year old child.
Remember, adult doesn't mean porn, think of things like beer, wine, news, movies, chat rooms, discussions, blogs, video games... I could go on and on. Very very little of the internet is 100% safe for children. It should be for those people who want to make child safe content to register it as such and for browser manufactures to restrict access to those sites that permit children.
Forcing only adult sex sites to label and not requiring 100% of sites to label makes it a pointless exercise.
Alex
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I am with you Alex. If the parents want a safe place to let their kids loose on the net then they should make it. Make themselves a browser for kids. Make themselves a gateway and check and monitor all sites in there. There would be absolutely NO reason for anyone to put porn in their gateway unless they are completely stupid or evil as the assumption is that children do not have credit cards.
Preditors would have a reason to find their way in though and I am sure anyone that has proposed such a place knows that it is impossible to keep preditors out. The liability is what keeps anyone from making such a place. How cool would it be if it could be done?
Maybe another idea is to make a browser that facilitates a parents ability to make a kind of accepted sites list for their kids. So kid site webmasters can list themselves with this system. The parents can review the site and approve the site for their kids viewing. Maintenance by the parents (adding new sites all the time) would ensure a great experience for their kids. If a parent wants the net experience to be wide and vast they will put lots of time into their adding of sites. I find it impossible to find educational sites when my young teen kids come asking me to help them find something for their special projects at school. If I could narrow my search to trusted sites I have already included based on their merrit, it would be so much easier.
Infact you could sell "packs" of preapproved sites "educational" "for ages 8 and under" what ever. Little spin off cottage industry ha ha ha
Someone just has to do it. Build it and they will come.