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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by broost3r on Sunday June 28, 2026 @11:26PM (#48714438)
granular control over push notifications would be great

see: recent article about Snap sending pushes to kids during school hours

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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by gib444 on Monday June 29, 2026 @04:07AM (#48716235)
Screen Time let's you turn off notifications.

I have all notifications on my phone off, except for phone calls

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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by broost3r on Monday June 29, 2026 @09:29AM (#48719050)
yeah of course, it's all or nothing though. i have a 14 year old who is supposedly in a "no phones allowed" school, but they're on them all the time anyway (this is a separate issue)

being able to setup a schedule with only approved apps being able to deliver pushes during a particular time period would be great

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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by gib444 on Monday June 29, 2026 @12:00PM (#48720990)
which ones do u want to keep
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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by broost3r on Monday June 29, 2026 @11:33PM (#48728221)
thank you for asking, it helped me realize i was probably using downtime within screen time wrong and it can probably get me what i really care about during school hours
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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by akimbostrawman on Thursday July 02, 2026 @03:53AM (#48757989)
How about not installing/allowing a grooming chat app in the first place?
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