“Go socialize with your friends.”
“All my friends are in different parts of the world and we socialize by talking or playing games online.”
This was me in the 90s. I can’t imagine it being different for a lot of kids today. Even if these bans weren’t thinly veiled surveillance methods, I’d still be opposed to it.
I think things are changing. Cause back then there was not many good arguments. You already see a trend of going back to analog tech.
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It’s not the right word but when I wrote it I was too lazy to think of a better one. Think of disposable cameras, dumb phones, and vintage tech. It’s in now.
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Thanks for sharing. I’m still trying to break loose. There’s a lot of things you have to replace over time.
It will be different when they‘re forced to socialize IRL. Because now all the other kids are not online 24/7 either. This supposed problem is solving itself. I‘m a little more concerned about their lack of experience with the medium once they‘re allowed to use it. Then again a lot of them will use it anyway but even less supervised than before.
You clearly haven’t grown up in a small, rural area where you have nobody IRL to socialize with.
Or in a situation where socializing with kids your age mostly meant being bullied.
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Thank god cyberbullying isn‘t a thing because you can always walk away from your phone and spend time with your many offline friends! /s
People don‘t go to school in rural areas?
Performative pseudo scientific bullshit, they already made up their mind before the results. It’s entirely supposed to be used for as a political excuse.
Pseudo science? There’s boat loads of evidence that social media has negative impacts on mental health, especially for developing minds (to say nothing of other damage linked to screen time). The question for the last decade or so has been measuring exactly how bad it is and what policies work to mitigate it.
And setting out a limited trial of a few hundred split into different treatment groups is just… regular science. Unless you have some airtight proof against the theory or methods, you’re sounding like the one who’s made up their mind.
Personally I’m not giving the benefit of the doubt to propoganda platforms built with the explicit goal of addictive engagement.
No mention that the people they are experiencing on have given their consent for this experiment.
I thought the right to assemble and to communicate was a fundamental human right agreed by all UN member states?
Hey, if any teenagers want to hack the US and release the epstein files, please do. Also, if you want to crash some markets, please do. It will mean you don’t have to get a job and will be super cool. I promise. Please
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Good. Go out and play.
Great gods. You sound like my father. That isn’t a compliment.
I am your father!
That’s not true, that’s impossible!
Search your feelings!
LOL! Touché!
Good luck getting the 17 yo in this experiment to “go out and play” lol
