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Comment by Meph504

you are not interpreting that correctly, these rules are for devices that themselves cause the risk of serious injury, the product did not create a risk, the child, without supervision of a parent, doing something they should have been previously been taught is dangerous, is where the risk comes from.

This Alexa result is little more than if the person had run the same search query in google. The results aren't guaranteed to be safe for the rest of the internet, why should this be any different.

If a child answers a phone, and someone on the other end tells them to harm themselves, the phone wouldn't be considered the risk.

It is always shocking to me, how people somehow think this $35 device, is some how going to protect children from the internet, and allow them to interact with it unsupervised.

parent Meph504 4 years ago

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