Ok firstly, putting aside your weird bigotry this isn’t about a US child. “Prevent” is a UK initiative. MAGA is not a UK thing. Not everything is about murica
What a shitty thing to say. The relevance of autism here seems to be that she was isolated and vulnerable and some online tosser took advantage of that.
I wouldn’t necessarily say that the major majority of maga has autism as one of my best friends is autistic and absolutely hates everything that maga stands for. I would say instead that the majority of MAGA have several screws loose are are several fries short of a happy meal but not autistic.
i actually think it’s enormously counterproductive and ableist to imply people with views you don’t like - even ones that are heinous and evil (like MAGA) - have a mental illness. it’s 2025 - this is a pretty well rehearsed idea at this point.
not least because definitions of mental unwell mess are always highly culturally and socially contingent to moral ends (eg the labelling of trans people as mentally ill that is part of MAGA ideology)
Rhianan, one of four siblings, had a “small problem of mixing at school, making friends”, but was “there for them in any situation” when she did build friendships.
“Her being groomed was huge and I saw Rhianan change,” Carter said. “This had a great impact on her..."
16 is a child in most of the world with 18 being adult, including in the UK where she lived. She was groomed, and deserved the opportunity to learn better. Your callousness does not help improve society. Zero tollerance for Naziism, but she was a child who deserved better protection.
And how do you do that?
Much as I hate Facebook & X, children aren't groomed & indoctrinated with Nazi ideology there. It's done on computer game forums, at one time that might have been 8chan & 4chan but it's a constant moving target. Minecraft & WoW hate it but the forums are 3rd parties.
Our school has a complete ban on mobile phones. This helps a lot. It takes away the justification for smartphones when kids have to leave it home when they go to school. The rest is just making sure our son only uses services that have kids accounts, all gaming services have it, so no problem here.
Online pc games use multiple servers so it's practically impossible to whitelist to them. if you allow access to a search engine then online forums become available.
If you allow your child to play computer games Nintendo Switch is the safest platform.
Very different from a general ban on using a service in any place at any time. Places and times where there will be no supervision. Very very different.
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Not exactly holding my breath that you've got any
Older people (like me) communicated using spoken words...not typing.
There is a wide generation gap, like never before...we are not autistic, but do talk and reason differently.
You should not blame us for growing up...
You'll get to experience what I am talking about in 30 years when AI alters your future.
“Her being groomed was huge and I saw Rhianan change,” Carter said. “This had a great impact on her..."
She was still in school.
Rhianan Rudd, who died aged 16, became obsessed with Hitler after being groomed by American white supremacists, inquest hears
Much as I hate Facebook & X, children aren't groomed & indoctrinated with Nazi ideology there. It's done on computer game forums, at one time that might have been 8chan & 4chan but it's a constant moving target. Minecraft & WoW hate it but the forums are 3rd parties.
Usually, a ban has the opposite effect, making the banned behaviour more attractive to teens.
If you allow your child to play computer games Nintendo Switch is the safest platform.
Yea, there’s your primary problem ..