You forget that children can be easily manipulated as their brains are literally not capable of proper judgement in most situations
FishFace@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Next year the city park will be forced to close down after the council was sued for by a woman who was allowed to meet a paedophile in it as a child.
Children need to be taught how to not get abused by strangers offline and online. If they aren’t, it’s not the fault of the place that allowed them to meet. When I was a child I was using the internet to talk to adults and had a great time. (The adults who had to deal with my crappy attitude before I learnt some netiquette probably had a less great time…)
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 10 months ago
FishFace@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Mm, I guess that’s why the park needs to be shut/we can never let children go there unattended.
LWD@lemm.ee 10 months ago
[deleted]FishFace@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You haven’t said why it matters it was privately run.
It matters that it had private rooms, but there tend to be private areas in public spaces like parks too. The analogy actually works much better if the kid’s computer is in a public place and they don’t have unrestricted access to the internet through a phone - obviously in either case it’s harder to abuse someone in secret if you have to take the initial risk of meeting somewhere you could be spotted, and only then move it private.
Haha@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There are days like these where I’m glad it’s not morons like you who run things because the world would genuinely be an even shittier place with takes like. Mental gymnastics to blaming children for being abused.
FishFace@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Children need to be taught
That does not place the blame on the children.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s a deeply creepy take
Don’t blame the pedophiles, blame the children!
phx@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
You can still blame the pedophiles while also teaching kids safe internet etiquette so that they don’t fall prey to one.
FishFace@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Uh, since when is it the children’s fault if they aren’t taught something? I’m blaming the parents!
LWD@lemm.ee 10 months ago
[deleted]FishFace@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why does Omegle being privately owned matter? Does a city council have less responsibility than a private business to prevent harm? Do your parks have security patrolling them? I’ve never seen that. Was Omegle “full” of perverts, or were there are a handful in comparison to the many ordinary users, but our attention naturally focuses on the aberrant cases?
“club” implies membership, which Omegle didn’t have, which is the whole issue, and why I went with a park which anyone can enter without registering, not a club.
LWD@lemm.ee 10 months ago
[deleted]FishFace@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Hmm yes, making sure that parents (or someone else) knows what children are doing online is a good idea…
LWD@lemm.ee 10 months ago
[deleted]FishFace@lemmy.world 10 months ago
FWIW, LWD’s ability to click “reply” outran his ability fill those replies with meaningful words, and instead of admitting they can’t back up their opinion they’re resorting to insults and insinuation.
biHeart@programming.dev 10 months ago
Taught not to get abused? I think you mean “stranger danger” shit, which is taught but the way you phrased that is disturbing. It’s not a child’s job to “not get abused by ‘anyone’”. And all places in general should probably keep an eye on who comes in and out, except for niche/specialized services like vpns, warez, etc. That’s just called being responsible.
Parks and other ‘loose’ non-stores though shouldn’t be held responsible, I agree.