Jungle George 🌴@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle asks Congress to not ban teens from social mediamessage-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareGoogle asks Congress to not ban teens from social mediaJungle George 🌴@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/23919221/google-youtube-child-safety-age-verification-laws-privacy
minus-squareStarkstruck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·1 year ago“think of the children” is always a poor excuse to strip away citizen freedoms. Usually never actually helps them anyways.
minus-squareGranixo@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·1 year agoI would usually agree with this statement, but the truth is that social media does way more harm than good when it comes to teenagers.
minus-squareStarkstruck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·1 year agoIs it really the government’s job to police what every teen does on the Internet though? I think that’s for the parents to do.
minus-squarethe_q@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·1 year agoIt is the parents job, but what do you do when the parents don’t do that job?
minus-squareStarkstruck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThere’s a lot of things parents should be doing but some don’t. That however is a whole different argument.
minus-squarethe_q@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 year agoThat’s my point. A parent should keep a child out of a fire, right? If they don’t, do we as a society let the child burn because it was unlucky enough to have crappy parents?
minus-squareGranixo@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·1 year agoWhen it comes to the big corporate platforms, yes. When it comes to the Fediverse, no.
minus-squareartisanrox@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoThen let parents deal with it. This conservative “for the chillldrun” talking point always ends in cons trying to take us back to 1750.
minus-squareGranixo@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoMost parents either care too little or too much about what their children do. It is better to take some things to a more neutral ground.
“think of the children” is always a poor excuse to strip away citizen freedoms. Usually never actually helps them anyways.
I would usually agree with this statement, but the truth is that social media does way more harm than good when it comes to teenagers.
Is it really the government’s job to police what every teen does on the Internet though? I think that’s for the parents to do.
It is the parents job, but what do you do when the parents don’t do that job?
There’s a lot of things parents should be doing but some don’t. That however is a whole different argument.
That’s my point. A parent should keep a child out of a fire, right? If they don’t, do we as a society let the child burn because it was unlucky enough to have crappy parents?
When it comes to the big corporate platforms, yes.
When it comes to the Fediverse, no.
Then let parents deal with it. This conservative “for the chillldrun” talking point always ends in cons trying to take us back to 1750.
Most parents either care too little or too much about what their children do.
It is better to take some things to a more neutral ground.