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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
You can hear one of the bereaved parents here about 15 mins in:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yxfn
They are calling for a system where certain words that are used are flagged up. It should be technically doable as forums are able to identify bad language.
Some words eg sex are appropriate for adults in private messages, but not for children, so maybe they could cross reference with a person's age so that the system can decide whether to flag it up for attention or not. |
A lot could be said that it's just one side of the story from these parents. Blaming the internet etc, is that really 100% truthful?
I'm not saying the internet doesn't contribute, but then it's already been proven that one of these parents used it as an excuse rather than face up to other issues that aren't quite so clear. So in extreme cases it's easier to blame something like the internet than face up to other certain truths / failings / realities or blame.
I can't see the big social media companies really doing much about it as not always so quite clear cut. Parents have to take some responsibility, as do the child / user. If too many restriction, pampering, and shielding or whatever you call it, might help a bit but in the end then they won't last 5 mins in the real world. If all this continues, then if you think GenZs are snowflakes then it's only going to get a whole lot worse. And so will the consequences will be too.