Comments on: Blogger Power: Safeguard the Web for Children http://lillieammann.com/2007/06/18/blogger-power-safeguard-the-web-for-children/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/06/18/blogger-power-safeguard-the-web-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-65267 Lillie Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:43:02 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=212#comment-65267 kelly, That's a scary thought! Parents have to assume some responsibility and should have access to children's e-mail accounts. kelly,

That’s a scary thought! Parents have to assume some responsibility and should have access to children’s e-mail accounts.

]]> By: kelly@simsintouch http://lillieammann.com/2007/06/18/blogger-power-safeguard-the-web-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-65195 kelly@simsintouch Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:30:33 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=212#comment-65195 I think this is a good idea but the problem will then be stopping children from getting a password in the first place. Right now porn sites are easily accessible so a child can surely get a porn password sent to their email address quite easily? I think this is a good idea but the problem will then be stopping children from getting a password in the first place. Right now porn sites are easily accessible so a child can surely get a porn password sent to their email address quite easily?

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/06/18/blogger-power-safeguard-the-web-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Lillie Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:52:51 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=212#comment-780 Kate, Blogger Power is not suggesting that anyone be "forced" to do or not do anything. This is not a censorship movement - it is simply a request for businesspeople who sell content not suitable for children to voluntarily add safeguards to their sites to make it more difficult for children to access the material. Who decides what constitutes adult material? The purveyors themselves - after all, they advertise their material for adults. If they sell material that they themselves advertise as triple X, hard-core, whatever ... they know it isn't appropriate for children. Kate,

Blogger Power is not suggesting that anyone be “forced” to do or not do anything. This is not a censorship movement – it is simply a request for businesspeople who sell content not suitable for children to voluntarily add safeguards to their sites to make it more difficult for children to access the material.

Who decides what constitutes adult material? The purveyors themselves – after all, they advertise their material for adults. If they sell material that they themselves advertise as triple X, hard-core, whatever … they know it isn’t appropriate for children.

]]> By: Kate http://lillieammann.com/2007/06/18/blogger-power-safeguard-the-web-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Kate Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:13:27 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=212#comment-790 As a parent, my initial reaction is to applaud this. However, as a blogger I find myself wondering where the limits would be drawn. As Lillie wrote, no doubt intending it to be meant another way, "one small step leads to another... and another." I can't help but wonder if, after sites posting adult images are forced to have password-protected front pages, would sites using occasional adult language be next? And who is to define what constitutes "adult language" if that's the case? As a parent, my initial reaction is to applaud this. However, as a blogger I find myself wondering where the limits would be drawn. As Lillie wrote, no doubt intending it to be meant another way, “one small step leads to another… and another.”

I can’t help but wonder if, after sites posting adult images are forced to have password-protected front pages, would sites using occasional adult language be next? And who is to define what constitutes “adult language” if that’s the case?

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2007/06/18/blogger-power-safeguard-the-web-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-779 Lillie Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:48:36 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=212#comment-779 Matt, Thanks for the info. It will be useful to parents who monitor their children's Internet activities. If all parents were as informed and interested as you, there wouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately, there are far too many parents who are uninformed and far too many children who are unsupervised because their parents are too busy, too drunk, or too self-centered. Matt,

Thanks for the info. It will be useful to parents who monitor their children’s Internet activities.

If all parents were as informed and interested as you, there wouldn’t be a problem. Unfortunately, there are far too many parents who are uninformed and far too many children who are unsupervised because their parents are too busy, too drunk, or too self-centered.

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