• BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Well this is terrifying. It really seems like there is little to no regulation protecting kids online these days.

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        9 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

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          9 months ago

          What can they do against so many changes in the tech world.

          Be involved in their kids’ lives? Tech isn’t the problem here, any more than it could have been TV, drugs, rock and roll, 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.

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            9 months ago

            Lol be involved in kids lives? 🤣 I will guess you’re not a parent but yes, blaming the parents is not really nice especially in the circumstances above.

            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

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        9 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.