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> support privacy of adults

> video and online surveillance of all children when not alone

So, you want children to have no privacy just to get a tiny bit more privacy to adults? Are adults really this horrible towards children, do you really think you would like this as a child?

> Children have some right to privacy, but not as strong as adults.

Why the hell not? Do you really think it is ok that your daughter gets constantly video surveilled all throughout puberty? Do you really think that is a lesser evil than your text messages being scanned for some keywords? Would you be happy if there was a camera constantly watching you as you jerked off as a kid?

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> Are adults really this horrible towards children, do you really think you would like this as a child?

Only parents would have access to surveillance records. Children often do not like stuff their parents make them do, and their power over them, this would be one more thing, with great benefits.

> Why the hell not?

Because they are children, they do not have full responsibility for their actions, and they are more vulnerable to abuse, and protecting their safety is more important than protecting their privacy. I want to keep the status quo, where children are protected, and adults have rights. The way stuff is going, we're all getting more like children with one parent called Big Brother.

> Would you be happy if there was a camera constantly watching you as you jerked off as a kid?

That is not what I'm suggesting. I'm talking about public spaces (including online) where adults are present. If the kid wants to jerk off, or two or more kids want to make love, they can go home or use some private space like a bathroom.

Being under constant surveillance during the most formative years of your life can leave you extremely mentally unwell.

> Only parents would have access to surveillance records

You do realize parents create a lot of the CP out there? Especially if you include non-biological parents, who are legally parents.

> That is not what I'm suggesting. I'm talking about public spaces (including online) where adults are present.

So you wouldn't stop basically anything? What kind of child porn do you expect to catch using this? It isn't like anyone is creating child porn in public, they do it in the privacy of homes.

I assumed you would suggest something that could stop child porn, not just cameras in public places.

> The way stuff is going, we're all getting more like children with one parent called Big Brother.

Easier solution, remove and replace the politicians.

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