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[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Social media converted half of Americans into nazis in about a decade and elected Trump twice. If you don’t think the internet is dangerous, you’re not paying attention.

That said, it’s easy to keep kids off instagram and TikTok without spying. Simply require devices to which children have access to be sold without access to half the internet. Problem solved.

[–] CainTheLongshot@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Some folks would say half of America had always been either Nazis or Nazi sympathizers. But we just call those later groups, Nazis.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

30% of humans were already evil. But we didn’t have criminal pedophile cabals running the country. Something changed. You know what that is.

[–] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 minutes ago

Just because you weren't aware of them doesn't mean they weren't there.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That said, it’s easy to keep kids off instagram and TikTok without spying. Simply require devices to which children have access to be sold without access to half the internet. Problem solved.

how would you that? most children aren't buying their phones by themselves

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Pass the law. Word it properly. Let the market do something useful for once and accommodate the new rules.