- The civil-liberties implications of these restrictions are considerable and largely self-evident. The A.C.L.U.’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology project sent me a statement that said the Utah bill and many like it around the country would “restrict the ability of teenagers to explore and make up their own minds about everything from gender identity to safe sex to politics without parental knowledge or involvement.” Under the Utah law, an L.G.B.T.Q. child living in a household with disapproving parents might have fewer resources to find community and support because their parents would be able to look into their messages; children in abusive households would have a harder time using messaging platforms to seek help. Minors will also find it harder to access news. They will probably see fewer protests around the world and fewer videos that might inform them in one way or another, walling them off from online communities of people who care about the same things they do. They, in effect, will almost certainly be isolated from many of the ways people form political beliefs these days, especially those that fall outside of the mainstream.
i've had quite enough of Children and the things we need to do to Protect Our Children. it's not about social media, it's about societal control. they need to control every aspect of kids' lives and the internet is the last way they can't break down and isolate kids. it's not enough to helicopter micromanage them from birth? kids are miserable because they're smart and they see the adults they rely on thumb their asses over crisis after crisis. what is there to look forward to? get shot on campus, drown in debt, work 2 jobs to rent half a bedroom, never buy a house, never retire, and die in a flood when the ice caps melt? and be grateful for it, because this guy's shitty daughter looks at her ipad too much? doomer hat off: the internet is addictive and bad for your brain. it's also all the kids have left - drug use is down, sex is down, friendship is down, free time is down. cut them some slack and stop doing apologia for people who would rather see their kids get shot than turn out gay
Since watching The Social Network and seeing Meta content creators swearing their own children off of apps created to be as addicting as humanly possible, my wife and I work to limit our kiids use of most all social media apps. The kids need adult help and reasoning to set up clear personal boundaries on these algorithms that are designed to elicit the strongest emotional respons from s user. Parents that do not take the time to tteach boundaries and self-limitsare setting their kids up for a huge disappointment.