Parental Guidance - Rape Board

shysnale · 11-25-2008, 01:36 PM

I don't know for other countries, but here we have a lot of real rape cases where it has been proved the rapist hooked his victim from a forum or a messenger program. So there's a big police campaign for parents to install a 'surfing filter', which as you probably know, is a program that turns down your browser if your kid goes to a site that seems a little 'out of the norms'.

I'd be very curious to understand how a program can detect 'the norms'.
I'm reading posts from teenagers that say Internet helps them a lot to break their loneliness. Some kids also said they found a solution to a lot of their questions (the typical questions a teenager may ask himself about life) on forums.

The last add about a 'surfing filter' program said it closes down your browser as soon as you visit a forum !!

I'm sorry but I find this terrible. Of course, teenagers should not be able to go to porn sites, or any particular sites, but they should be able to have their particular forums. I think if the parents manage to be close enough to their kids then they should be able to make them understand what's good or not on the web.

But ho well, I have no kids, so who am I to criticize ?

What do you think ?

theDarkOne · 11-25-2008, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by shysnale

What do you think ?

I think you should go away.

TZOFOSHO · 11-25-2008, 05:19 PM

i have no problem what so ever with the filters, i don't think a kid should have access to porn, much less porn of a hardcore nature, i think the wrong kid could find themselves fuckeded up in the head from overexposure to porn at a young age.

as far as the factor of a lonely kid, there are other places to go online to make friends or find information on anything. As far as i've always understood the filters can be edited to your specifications.
Point being i have no problem with parents filtering out porn on their kids cpus.

Conrad · 11-25-2008, 05:26 PM

Could parents not set the parental control features on the browsing program? You know to allow some things but not others?

shysnale · 11-27-2008, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Conrad

Could parents not set the parental control features on the browsing program? You know to allow some things but not others?

It is difficult. Because some blogs have a chat section the filter don't see first.
Some filters today are so radical that every forums without exceptions are forbidden for kids. Because technically speaking, there is no way to detect what is really porn or what is just a little kinky. Let's face it, teenagers can be a little kinky at times and that doesn't degrade them. So even the harmless joke like 'I like blondes' could be a trigger for the filter to shut down the browser.

11-25-2008, 01:36 PM	#1
shysnale Neurotic Escargot Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Poker Table Posts: 2,754 Reputation: 13179	Parental Guidance I don't know for other countries, but here we have a lot of real rape cases where it has been proved the rapist hooked his victim from a forum or a messenger program. So there's a big police campaign for parents to install a 'surfing filter', which as you probably know, is a program that turns down your browser if your kid goes to a site that seems a little 'out of the norms'. I'd be very curious to understand how a program can detect 'the norms'. I'm reading posts from teenagers that say Internet helps them a lot to break their loneliness. Some kids also said they found a solution to a lot of their questions (the typical questions a teenager may ask himself about life) on forums. The last add about a 'surfing filter' program said it closes down your browser as soon as you visit a forum !! I'm sorry but I find this terrible. Of course, teenagers should not be able to go to porn sites, or any particular sites, but they should be able to have their particular forums. I think if the parents manage to be close enough to their kids then they should be able to make them understand what's good or not on the web. But ho well, I have no kids, so who am I to criticize ? What do you think ?

11-25-2008, 05:19 PM	#3
TZOFOSHO Hardest E-thug around Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 970 Reputation: 38545	i have no problem what so ever with the filters, i don't think a kid should have access to porn, much less porn of a hardcore nature, i think the wrong kid could find themselves fuckeded up in the head from overexposure to porn at a young age. as far as the factor of a lonely kid, there are other places to go online to make friends or find information on anything. As far as i've always understood the filters can be edited to your specifications. Point being i have no problem with parents filtering out porn on their kids cpus. __________________ I'm a drunken fool...

11-25-2008, 05:26 PM	#4
Conrad RB's Biggest Loser Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 895 Reputation: 20387	Could parents not set the parental control features on the browsing program? You know to allow some things but not others?