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However you put it, the parent (if around) is the closest and most frequent point of contact for any child. A parent doing an OK job would be a reliable resourc

However you put it, the parent (if around) is the closest and most frequent point of contact for any child. A parent doing an OK job would be a reliable resource whom the child can approach with any questions arising from weird "discoveries" online or even in the community. A parent doing a splendid job would proactively educate their child about the world and it's messiness so said child is equipped to confidently handle much of what pops up. A child should be able to recognize and avoid predation when they encounter it.

shimman 2mo ago
No, society is allowed to decide what is acceptable and what isn't. Acting like trillion dollar corporations do not have a massive influence on American society is borderline mush for brains here. You basically don't want to punish American corporations, which is just frankly odd. American corporations are some of the most destructive and anti-human organizations on the planet. Being pro-corporation means you have anti-human sentiments, and frankly what are yours? That you think people with poor constitutions or mental acuity deserve to feel mental anguish? Like what is it, just say it and save us time. Anyone that fights back against a corporation is always seen as a hero for good reason.
dijksterhuis 2mo ago
you know, i feel like the "it's the parents' responsibility" comments that turn up on submissions like this often tend towards phrasing like "the parents" rather than "with my children i ..."
- cromka 2mo ago
  Agreed. It's the same "where were the parents!" shouting, just phrased differently.
popalchemist 2mo ago
If it were a human predator doing the same thing, it would be very obviously illegal, no questions. So to spend hundreds of millions to build a tech that does it at scale is objectively ALSO evil - transitive property here, because it is the same betrayal of ethics and violation of innocents, regardless of "who" is doing it -- AND orders of magnitude worse. The fact is you are defending pedophilic predation upon millions if not billions of children. What the fuck is your problem.

shimman 2mo ago

No, society is allowed to decide what is acceptable and what isn't. Acting like trillion dollar corporations do not have a massive influence on American society is borderline mush for brains here. You basically don't want to punish American corporations, which is just frankly odd. American corporations are some of the most destructive and anti-human organizations on the planet. Being pro-corporation means you have anti-human sentiments, and frankly what are yours? That you think people with poor constitutions or mental acuity deserve to feel mental anguish? Like what is it, just say it and save us time. Anyone that fights back against a corporation is always seen as a hero for good reason.

dijksterhuis 2mo ago

you know, i feel like the "it's the parents' responsibility" comments that turn up on submissions like this often tend towards phrasing like "the parents" rather than "with my children i ..."

cromka 2mo ago
Agreed. It's the same "where were the parents!" shouting, just phrased differently.

popalchemist 2mo ago

If it were a human predator doing the same thing, it would be very obviously illegal, no questions. So to spend hundreds of millions to build a tech that does it at scale is objectively ALSO evil - transitive property here, because it is the same betrayal of ethics and violation of innocents, regardless of "who" is doing it -- AND orders of magnitude worse. The fact is you are defending pedophilic predation upon millions if not billions of children. What the fuck is your problem.