Mastodawn

It was my job for a decade to try to keep tweens and teens safe online. Let me tell you what you already know: no law or technology can do it. There are no lengths kids won't go to to talk to friends without prying eyes. The harder you try to lock it down, the dodgier their solutions will be.

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Varx

@mttaggart I mean... That's what got me interested in cyber security. Over zealous parental control software and how to work around it so we could play stupid free flash games lol.

Never underestimate the power of motivated tweens with too much time on their hands.

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Tara L. Campbell 2d ago

@varx @mttaggart 100% this. Boundless energy, little lawyers to the core, motivated tweens and teens are going to find a way.

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Kevin Karhan 2d ago

@varx @mttaggart meanwhile kids these days just obtain themselves an external SSD and boot Linux from it.
https://jorts.horse/@kkarhan/116395340644109088

Kevin Karhan (@[email protected])

@[email protected] +9001% The only things one can do is: - Create a safe *"bright field"* (with good & safe platforms instead of #AntisocialMedia!) - Be good parents/guardiens/friends they can #trust and seek #advice if not help from. - Teach them #TechLiteracy and #MediaLiteracy. Anything else (espechally #Prohibition - #Politricks) are an *insult to the intellect of #teens* - and complete denial of the fact that they are cleverer, have more time and skill on hand than 99,95% of all adults.

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FrauZeitlos 2d ago

@varx @mttaggart and I think that's alright. Kids are supposed to test all boundaries. But I also see it as my job as a parent to set the boundaries and keep them. Social Media makes this very hard. It is like being forced to leave your child naked in the town square at night.

"But I also see it as my job as a parent to set the boundaries and keep them."

I, personally, see it as my job to keep my child protected (not in a helicopter-parent way), but maybe we mean the same, and so I agree with you.
So from my point of view it is the parents job to take care of this and the society (and government) has to play its role as well, incl. enable parents to have the possibility to do their jobs and provide positive rolemodels.