Thread: Online Safety Bill Etc
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
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Originally Posted by jem View Post
Safe sites are already defined? Are they? Who defined them? Is there a list? But as some three new websites are setup every second, that’s a hell of a job to keep track, determine if they are ’safe’ and add them to the walled garden list, isn't it?

I mean hypothetically, I setup a site ’nicekiddyfriendlystuff.com’, having only educational items and then decide six months later, that it’s not making me any money and decide to host hard-core porn on it. What happens then?

Does each ’safe site’ have to be checked every, let’s say, every week?

No I'm sorry, but it is actually a massive, massive technical problem.
I must say, I find it hilarious that most of the technically minded people posting on this site have such a negative mindset that every new innovation suggested comes fraught with impossibilities! Mate, you need to stop seeing impossible obstacles and free up your mind to find solutions.

The answer to my question is actually very straight forward. Such an I-Phone to protect younger children has found its way onto the market already. It’s designed ‘specifically for children, free from social media and web browsing’, and it’s called Sage Mobile.

These phones automatically filter harmful websites and adult content, and it offers only pre-vetted safe apps. VPN’s and all back door routes into mainstream internet are blocked.

That is the way to go with online safety. Let adults be adults and leave them the hell alone to look at what they want without trying to have them jump through hoops to get at it.

https://tech-user.co.uk/2025/07/17/i...Ddriven%20apps.

For older children, a more appropriate device could be designed. This could ensure that Safari would restrict access to approved sites only, and no App Store access would be possible. Educational and communication apps could be approved by parents and safe search would be enforced. DNS filtering would be active. This would create the ‘walled garden’ similar to how children’s tablets, school devices or services like Gabb Wireless and Pinwheel approach child safety.
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