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I would also support this if there were a way to do it without privacy implications for actual adults. Unfortunately, there is not, and more unfortunately still, there is not widespread understanding of that fact. I think our industry owes more honesty to the public about the trade-offs.

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There is. If we want parental behavior to change, the incentives have to change.

Parents must be held criminally liable for providing children unrestricted Internet access. Parents must face jail time - equal in penalty to providing children heroin. Criminal liability is table stakes for changing behavior.

Do you really think that unrestricted internet access is equivalent to giving children one of the most addicting and deadly drugs around?

I said the penalties should be equivalent, and I stick to that.

standardize parental controls on devices, have a new browser api to access that information. no privacy implications.

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