Because all the laws that were pushed in the last twenty-five years for protecting children weren’t actually about protecting children
BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Well this is terrifying. It really seems like there is little to no regulation protecting kids online these days.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
They’re all about increased conservative control over other people’s kids
buffysummers@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
That’s what parents are for.
judgyweevil@feddit.it 2 months ago
Only to a certain extent. What can they do against so many changes in the tech world. Just look at whatsapp that just introduced AI in their chat. There is a point when tech giants should just be strictly regulated for the interest of the public
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Be involved in their kids’ lives? Tech isn’t the problem here, any more than it could have been TV, drugs, music, video games, D&D, or organized religion. Kids get into some dumb shit, just because it’s the hot new thing doesn’t make it any different.
alecbowles@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Lol be involved in kids lives? 🤣 I will guess you’re not a parent but yes.
But I think you bring a very good point here about drugs, it’s not possible to shield your kid from everything even drugs. But the way things are going using a kid using drug may be less dangerous than a kid using the phone.
Especially because most people don’t encourage kids to use drugs, while is the opposite with phones
hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Well, yes but stuff like chatbots, social media should be way better regulated.
Right now we see the equivalent of people selling drugs and guns freely in the streets (including to toddlers) and expect the parents to regulate all that.
Society is being actively eroded, while governments are fecklessly watching it happen.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Regulated how?
hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I’d have to write 2 PhD thesis’s about this to answer this one question properly.
Instead I’m just doing 2 examples and keep it shallow :
Th is case: A 14yo should not have completely unsupervised access to an ai chat bot - it needs to be by family/child account, same as for e.g. Fortnite. Also, given the nature of the matter and looking at the article: if the chat turns ’disturbing’ the parent needs to be made aware. (Etc etc)
Another case is TikTok: honestly, I’d just ban it together with shorts and reels. IMO this rots the brains of the younger generation. I’m not even sure there is a healthy way of consuming this type of content.