Imagine a porn provider wanting to set up shop on the doorstep of 1000 schools. The uproar would be immense.
But if you want to stop social media companies and online porn providers from doing the exact same thing, you get attacked by IT billionairs....
Exactly, indoctrination. It’s the same reason that cigarettes (vapes), the processed food industry and religions target children, it’s the next round of consumers for their products.
A fantastic initiative. Macron does seem more in touch with the real world. I’m a father and keep my kids as much as possible off social media, but I see the impact on my kid’s friends. My daughter came home early last night from a party because all her friends were just on social media.
President Macron is one of the smartest World Leaders there is … I cringe when my son told me he was playing video games … that’s how bad social media seems to be … it’s awful and my children won’t go near the shit
It is generally more damaging to kids compared to any real or perceived benefits. It is interesting to see that Politico is so critical of this, what is the reason?
bcoz he knows that humans are incredibly stupid and must be forced to do stuff to actually prevent them from being hurt. thus if idiotic parents cant keep their kids safe, state must! if you are lazy to care, dont get kids
As long as people like Elon Musk and the Tate rapists use social media to influence our kids - not to mention the thousands of Russian trolls polluting social media for every kind of nefarious cause, it’s extremely hard to fault Macron’s thinking. He’s got my vote.
Because he is more clever than others. Social media, especially Tik Tok and X spread misinformation and harmful content to which children are not immune, and with which Russia and others are influencing support for the far right and fueling anti-European, anti-Ukrainian and anti-immigrant sentiment.
:D can't believe I am saying this, but I utterly agree. Boomers are the perfect target for propaganda: they are not as critical to what they read and they represent a larger vote base.
I agree with having age limits on social media. Children are vulnerable, can be bullied and groomed online. We’ve all witnessed sad stories that could’ve been prevented
Everything social media provides can be replicated in real life, slower and more effectively. Including communication.
At first it gave us up-to-the-second news. And look what it did to the news!
Social media barons don’t let their kids grow up with SM. Why do we???
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But if you want to stop social media companies and online porn providers from doing the exact same thing, you get attacked by IT billionairs....
the current situation of kids being in most adult things is of course not ideal
Legacy media will pay the price for its complicity into the destruction of our world. 🖕
A Politico article should not be so one-sided.
https://gizmodo.com/psa-get-your-parents-off-the-meta-ai-app-right-now-2000615122
Döpfner wants control of the people.
Everything social media provides can be replicated in real life, slower and more effectively. Including communication.
At first it gave us up-to-the-second news. And look what it did to the news!
Social media barons don’t let their kids grow up with SM. Why do we???