they did the same thing in 1980s America when the 'Parental Advisory' tag first started getting applause from conservative housewives who wanted to extirpate themselves from being an adequate parental figure. i think the real issue here is that people are actually expecting the state to raise their children for them, to put filters on the world so that parents don't have to broach nasty subjects like sex, drugs and violence. it's just a matter of time before "parenting" has fuck all to do with raising your children.
as for the censorship issue, it's an obvious encroachment on freedom of speech and press, i don't know how they would be allowed to pursue it in the first place. although i would understand censoring websites which were a threat to the state (e.g. advocating domestic terrorism), that doesn't seem to be the issue here.
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