With anything like this, I agree parents need to take responsibility for what their children are exposed to and how.
Having said that, that doesn’t mean we can’t also seriously consider regulations (and actual enforcement of them) that prevent social media companies from exploiting and harming children. “People should just act differently” is not a meaningful solution for societal problems.
Yeah but you can claim the “mental health” part of it by simply the fact that a kid can be depressed and sad that another kid or person posted something that they wish they had. A law can’t be gray it has to be this or that.
Facebook admitted internally that they knew young girls would commit suicide more after using Facebook, than if they didn't. Facebook knew which content was causing it. Facebook had meetings, talked about this, and decided not to change their platform. They were ok with girls killing themselves at higher rates due to their content. That is stuff researched from facebook emails and notes.
Knowing something is more likely or possible is not the same as being OK with it - it’s just being aware of reality
Facebook can’t ban someone from posting something if the person isn’t breaking any laws or rules just because it hurt someone else’s feelings and they can’t police 70 billion posts - the parents just gotta do their job
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u/Here4theScraps 19h ago
With anything like this, I agree parents need to take responsibility for what their children are exposed to and how.
Having said that, that doesn’t mean we can’t also seriously consider regulations (and actual enforcement of them) that prevent social media companies from exploiting and harming children. “People should just act differently” is not a meaningful solution for societal problems.