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Canada was not available to be blamed.
It's down to parenting, or lack thereof. No politician can say "parents of America, quit giving your children unrestricted internet access and being surprised when they see horrible shit" and keep their job.
Kids don't need smartphones.
Sites can be blacklisted on home and school routers.
Strict parents can be blamed by kids if they catch flak from their peers for not being on social media.
It ain't rocket surgery, but you need to be willing to spend time with your kids instead of slapping a phone in front of them to keep them quiet.
I've got a kid that's magnetically attracted to any screen. I get the temptation but I don't need a study to tell me that unrestricted internet access is fucking horrible for kids.
This ignore situation were kids didn't have social media and abusers post it there. Like sexual assaults and exploitation of childrens.
Not having a moderated platform with the ability to be private is something the platform should be held responsible for.
Imagine you have a studium full of fans waiting for the match to start, then someone comes in with a big screen playing a sexual abuse video then leave the stadium. It is normal to sue the stadium for lack of security along with suing the abuser.
Issues like bullying is harder but when the social network doesn't remove abuse content they are at fault.
Facebook remove staff and systematically ignore report of these kinds because it would affect their value.
Finall note the us government is useless and they do this for show to look cool in front of their voters. EU done more to these corporations.
I'm ignoring that situation because we've had laws on the books regarding CSAM and ferocious enforcement of them for decades.
"we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!"
I think a lot of parents don't want to talk about what their children will encounter. Grooming, NSFW content, bullying, and misinformation.
Parents of the current generation usually had unrestricted Internet access if we had it at all, because our parents were Internet ignorant, on average. We can share those lessons.
Now I'm wondering. Is this a potential opportunity for the Fediverse?
Creating a walled in, heavily moderated social network for kids and teens.
Parents could be mods.
Would need some kind of age verification.
Maybe parents could setup accounts for themselves and their kids.
Just thinking this over as I type. I don't know.
I agree with almost everything but
Got me thinking.
But I also think social networks could ban a lot more