ptoothfish (but beige)14h ago

“gIvE kIdS tHeIr cHiLdHoOd BaCk”

so… you mean fund recreation centres and out of school activities? NO

sports clubs and increasingly walkable cities? HAHA NO

playgrounds, green spaces, skate parks, libraries, any non-commercial spaces where kids don’t have to pay to exist? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

oh… enforce realistic safety standards for urban SUVs and light trucks? WHAT HAS THAT EVEN GOT TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS?

so how exactly does one give kids their childhood back? BAN SNAPCHAT TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM

oh… what about 4chan or stormfront or kiwifarms? DON’T BE OBTUSE WE CAN’T BAN THOSE HOW WOULD THAT EVEN WORK??!?

Show threadMu12h ago
@ptoothfish I dunno man, Facebook Twitter and so on are pretty toxic companies, I don't hate exposing less people to those assholes.
Show threadRaglan Niall  
@mu Me too. Rather than banning kids, instead if we made the social media companies responsible for cleaning themselves up then all ages would be saved the toxic behaviour of the vocal few on these platforms. @ptoothfish
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Show threadRantingCanuck10h ago

@Niall @mu @ptoothfish

We can never trust the social media companies to clean themselves up, they will always do everything in their power to be evil.

Thus we need actual regulations:

1) Mandate that all content algorithms must be published, making them subject to independent review

2) Hold social media companies legally responsible for the content pushed by their algorithms by removing the safe harbour provisions so many countries enacted in the early days of the internet. Those provisions shield social media companies from liability for the content their algorithms push. Any content pushed by an algorithm should be considered published by the social media company and it should be held fully liable.

Show threadMu2h ago
@RantingCanuck @Niall @ptoothfish O think this is a great idea, maybe the age ban thing is one step in convincing the big social media companies that governments are serious about it?
Show threadRantingCanuck1h ago

@mu @Niall @ptoothfish

The under 16 bans are beneficial to the big social media companies. There is little economic value in their under 16 users but huge value if they can start asking everyone for ID (thus giving them even more accurate profiles).

Show threadMu53m ago
@RantingCanuck @Niall @ptoothfish you think getting IDs will give them something they don't already have?