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> then again the most efficient solution has to be found in the education, scholarization, in the mindful usage of these tools and in taking the responsibilitie
by omeid2 8y ago
> then again the most efficient solution has to be found in the education, scholarization, in the mindful usage of these tools and in taking the responsibilities from the bases
This takes time, and is the reason why we need to treat kids differently and have legal and practical systems to protect them in their journey into mature adults.
> algorithms should be perfected but accusing them to be the cause of death of a fragile, insecure, mentally unstable adolescent is so utterly ridicule.
There is no question that exposing people to certain kind of content impacts their mental health and outlook. We also know that even a cursory look at any kind of material online can end up with you being exposed to "related content" all over the internet, so it is possible that a perfectly healthy kid could somehow stumble upon one or two such material and end up being bombard by it all over the internet.
But here is the important thing, the specifics of how or why these platforms are exposing kids to such content is irrelevant, or implementation details in the programmer speak, algorithm or not.
What matter is a simple fact that these platforms are exposing kids to dangerous content and we should do something about it.