The Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖

Anyone who wants to stop under 18s from using social media is both naive
and dangerous.

Children do not suddenly become an adult and know how the world works. it’s up to US as parents, guardians, teachers, and family members, to ensure the children in our lives can safely explore what it is to grow up.

Moreover, we are the ones who need to create an environment young people feel safe to explore the world in. That means safely discussing issues of the wider world, not hiding them from it.

Young people who are not given access to anything other than what their school/church/parents think they should are more likely to be abused, taken advantage of, and radicalized.

#SocialMedia

Apr 30, 2023 at 2:35amWeb
Show threadDaniel DurransApr 30, 2023
@Aminorjourney Anyone who thinks they can stop under 18s from using social media needs to think back to the 80s hedge porn and playground bullying.
Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSOD  Apr 30, 2023
@Aminorjourney Adults: hey let us install this spyware/other restriction malware
Me, a sysadmin: You and what root password?
Show threadRoger LancefieldApr 30, 2023
@Aminorjourney Well said 👍
Show threadJJ PetersonApr 30, 2023
@Aminorjourney who exactly wants to do that?
Show threadThe Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖Apr 30, 2023
@JJPeterson here: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/28/1172098173/social-media-kids-senate-bill
Show threadJJ PetersonApr 30, 2023
@Aminorjourney
this is under 14s not under 18s
Show threadThe Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖Apr 30, 2023
@JJPeterson the proposed rules also suggest parental permission only between 14 and 17
Show threadJJ PetersonApr 30, 2023
@Aminorjourney it’s asking that they don’t have individual logins from what I can see. You’re trying to make this something it isn’t.
Show threadThe Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖Apr 30, 2023

@JJPeterson Did you really have no privacy before the age of 18?

Showing young people how to be safe online, how to use social networks, and allowing them some latitude to explore is how they learn to be adults.

Make it illegal or restricted, and they’ll do the same things clandestinely, which means they’ll loose all guidance.

Show threadThe Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖Apr 30, 2023

@JJPeterson if anything, developing smart online resources and engaging with schools and parents is a better path.

I know many LGBTQIA people who wouldn’t be here had they not been able to explore their identity and figure out who they were before becoming an adult.

It’s also important to note this law won’t stop smart parents from educating their progeny on smart use of the Internet.

It WILL be used as a weapon by parents who have extreme religious or political biases in an attempt to stop their children finding out about the world.

Show threadThe Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖Apr 30, 2023

@JJPeterson I’d add here that we do need better protections online for safer browsing to ensure safety for all - but that’s best accomplished by making online safety training compulsory in schools.

Teach our young people how to be safe - not nanny them.

Show threadAndreaApr 30, 2023
@Aminorjourney Cutting off outside perspective is inherently abusive and the first step toward subjugating someone