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Which is why we should research this carefully - and the research thus far points to consumption or graphic or even borderline depictions of suicide, self injur
by philjohn 2y ago
Which is why we should research this carefully - and the research thus far points to consumption or graphic or even borderline depictions of suicide, self injury and eating disorder content (eg thinspo) being bad for mental health in at least teens.
Meta seem to be making the case for those who would see social media banned for people under the age of 18. To enforce that properly would require needing ID, and that then opens a whole can of civil liberty issues.
- nradov 2y agoThe social "science" research in this area is junk with small effect sizes, unclear causality, and multiple uncontrolled variables. People who claim to be following the science in this area are generally being disingenuous and picking results that support their preferred ideology.
- philjohn 2y agoThe ideology of ... not doing something that could make adolescent (and adult) mental health worse, to the point of suicide? Yeah, making that my ideology is a hill I'm willing to die on, sorry.
- CamperBob2 2y agoForcing the entire world to conform to your idea of "child-safe" has negative consequences, too.
- philjohn 2y agoCan you share the negative consequences of not allowing, and not promoting, graphic images of self harm and suicide on a social media network please?
- CamperBob2 2y agoIt gives a lot of unearned power to those who decide what constitutes "promoting," "graphic," "self harm," and "social media," for one thing. If you or I happen to agree with the people who wield that power, rest assured it's only a temporary coincidence.