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Re:Zoom says it won’t encrypt free calls so it can work more... by dgellow on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:08PM (#23405026)
> I feel like "we need to protect the children" is the new reductio ad hitlerum.

At the risk of being pedantic: it’s not new at all. That’s part of almost every political campaigns from the past century. Technically “reductio ad hitlerum” is the new “protect the children” argument.

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Re:Zoom says it won’t encrypt free calls so it can work more... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:10PM (#23405048)
I don't think history supports that. There were essentially zero childrens' rights until post-war. In some locations child abusers were originally prosecuted via animal-protection laws.
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Re:Zoom says it won’t encrypt free calls so it can work more... by dgellow on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:07PM (#23405801)
The “protect the children” argument has little to do with actual children protection laws. It’s about using pathos of the crowd to manipulate opinion.

Regarding history, I don’t know about the US specifically, but Europeans countries have legal children protections since end of 19th, beginning of 20th centuries (depending on the country).

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_t... for a pre-WW2, international effort.

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