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Australia’s teen social media ban is a flop. But there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

You are correct, but that does not absolve the companies or the government of any responsibility. It should not be "anything goes" as far as intentionally addictive designs on anything with a screen for the same reason they can't just put cocaine in Doritos. They still engineer in what they can, but with some guardrails. And even in that case the regulations here in the US leave a lot to be desired.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Saying stop ignoring parental responsibility, doesnt mean ignore everyone elses culpability.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    What you say is true but it's off topic because that's not the current situation. What we're actually seeing right now is that parents literally do not want to take their devices away from their kids and they don't want to supervise their kids. It really is that simple.

    This is not a situation where most parents are trying to do the right thing and they can't do enough and they need an extra hand. This is definitely a situation where many parents aren't even putting in a good effort.

    You know like what if they didn't give their kid a cell phone. What if they took the cell phone away at 9:00 p.m. Most parents would never dream of doing either of those things.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    What you say is true but it’s off topic because that’s not the current situation. What we’re actually seeing right now is that parents literally do not want to take their devices away from their kids and they don’t want to supervise their kids. It really is that simple.

    So saying its a parental responsibility is off topic, and what we should focus on is... parental responsibility.

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