I've heard from a tech in one of those "protect you child online" software companies that some American states hold their educational facilities liable for things kids do on school-issued computers (like Chromebooks) or networks (like school WiFi). If a kid Googles porn on a school laptop while doing homework and a parent gets angry, they could actually win a lawsuit in some places, and the situation would be worse if the school doesn't try their hardest to block such things from the school networks. Of course, this is from the perspective of a company selling block boxes, but apparently their story worked out.
It's silly (and honestly sad) legislation but these companies were scooping up customers everywhere. If the choice is between "block porn and circumvention" or "no student internet access", choosing the latter could have devastating effects on kids without stable internet access at home. In my opinion, these laws should obviously not reach so far, and anything but a basic DNS block should even be illegal in my opinion, but reality is rarely what I want it to be. In the end, private relays suffer from the same restrictions and DoH and other privacy-enhancing protocols.
It's silly (and honestly sad) legislation but these companies were scooping up customers everywhere. If the choice is between "block porn and circumvention" or "no student internet access", choosing the latter could have devastating effects on kids without stable internet access at home. In my opinion, these laws should obviously not reach so far, and anything but a basic DNS block should even be illegal in my opinion, but reality is rarely what I want it to be. In the end, private relays suffer from the same restrictions and DoH and other privacy-enhancing protocols.